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CHARACTERISTIC 



Materia Medica 



MEMORIZER 



BY 



WILLIAM H. BURT, M. D., 

Author of " Characteristic Materia Medica," "Physiological Mate- 
ria Medica," " Therapeutics of Tuberculosis or Pulmonary 
Consumption," and " Tuberculosis, or Pulmonary Con- 
sumption, Its Prophylaxis and Cure by Sur- 
alimentation of Liquid Food," 
Etc., Etc. 



OF 



CHICAGO: 

Halsey Bros. Company, 

51 & 53 Dearborn St., 

1895. 



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COPYRIGHT, ISOd, BY WM. H. BURT, M. D. 



TO 
J. P. DAKE, A. M., M. D. 

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MY HONORED 

TEACHER, WHO FIRST DIRECTED ME 

'N THE STUDY OF MATERIA MEDICA, AND IN TOKEN OF MY 

WARM PERSONAL ESTEEM, 

THIS VOLUME IS MOST CORDIALLY DEDICATED. 

THE AUTHOR. 




PREFACE. 



The design of this work is to bring to- 
gether a sufficient number of the most prac- 
tical characteristics, or ''key notes,'' of our 
leading remedies, both as to drug pathol- 
ogy and therapeutics, to form a complete 
skeleton, ox framework, of each drug, so that 
the student may be better able to memorize 
them; for a physician, in order to be a good 
clinician, should have the leading character- 
istics of each d.XM<g fixed fast m his memory, 
so that he can utilize them, at a moment's 
warning, whenever a disease confronts him. 
Up to date, there is no other Materia 
Medica which fulfills these requirements, 
and this one is offered to the profession 
especially for such use. 

It is unwise to confuse and exhaust the 
mind with the minutiae of a remedy at first. 
It is far better to learn a few bold character- 
istic symxptoms of each drug before going 
into the details of any one. The characteris- 
tics build up in the mind an organic form for 
each remedy, which may afterward be filled 
in with the particular details at pleasure, 



PREFACE. 

Every drug- has its grand characteristics, 
which make it stand out as an entity, 
pecuHar to itself, just as every man has his 
characteristics, which make him stand out 
in the world, peculiar to himself. It has 
been my aim to select 07tly the bold charac- 
teristics of each drug, both as to pathology 
and therapeutics, so as to form a solid 
foundation for the student of medicine to 
stand upon at the bedside, giving none but 
positive pathogenetic and clinical indica- 
tions that have been found absolutely reli- 
able by our best practitioners. After he has 
mastered these, he will then be prepared to 
study in detail all the various books written 
on drug pathology, particularly my large 
" Physiological Materia Medica." 

Many physicians will miss some promi- 
nent characteristic of a drug, well known to 
themselves, but not to the writer. I would 
say to such, that perhaps none can more 
fiilly realize the arduous nature and the 
many imperfections of such a work than 
the author himself. 

W. H. Burt, M. D. 

Chicago, III., 714 W. Monroe St. 



B U RT'S 
CHARACTERISTIC 

MATERIA MEDICA 



ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 



Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Aconite 
has 7iine special centers of actio?? : 

Heart. Inhibitory Paralysis; Blood-Press. Lessened. 
Circulation. Vaso-Motor Paralysis. 
Temperature. Depressed^ with Diaphoresis. 
Cerebro-Spinal Nervous System. Paralysis. 
Mucous Membranes. Sthenic Coi2gestion; Injlam. 
Stomach. Emesis ; Congestion; Neuralgia. 
Lungs. Centric Vagi Paralysis ; Congestioii; Injlam. 
Serous Membranes. Congestio7i; Plastic Injlam. 
Tendons ; Fibrous Tissues. Rheumatoid Injla?n. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially called for in all diseases 
produced by sudden changes of temperature 



8 ACONITE. 

of the air from warm to cold, and in ail- 
ments from suppressed perspiration. 

2. All acute congestions and inflamma- 
tions of a rheumatic character, with full, 
bounding pulse, much heat, dry, burning- 
skin, agonized tossing about, red face, short- 
ness of breath, and great nervous excita- 
bility. 

3. Excessive fear of death, with anxiety 
of mind, is the one great characteristic call- 
ing for the use of Aconite. 

4. Congestion of blood to the head, with 
vertigo on rising up, and bursting frontal 
headache. 

5. All acute inflammations that com- 
mence with a decided chill, followed by dry 
heat, hot skin and full, hard, bounding pulse; 
later, followed by warm, profuse, critical 
sweat, that gives relief. 

6. Great mental anxiety and acute sen- 
sitiveness to pain. The pains are usually 
acute, sticking, and often associated with or 
followed by num.bness. 

7. In the first stage of acute inflamma- 
tions of various tissues of the eye and its 
appendages, with heat and dryness, and 



ACONITE. 

sharp pain, before any exudation has taken 
place; acute inflammations from foreign 
bodies, etc. 

8. Acute inflammation of the throat, with 
swelhng, dryness, and sticking" pain, before 
infihration has taken place. 

Q. Unquenchable thirst, everything; tast- 
ing; bitter. 

10. Bitter, bilious vomiting. 

11. Green, watery diarrhoea, like chopped 
spinach, associated with g-reat restlessness 
and hig;h fever. 

12. Dysentery, with high synochal fever; 
tearing pains and great restlessness. 

13. Peritonitis, in early stage; agonizing 
pain, tossing about, with high fever. 

14. Acute inflammation of all mucous or 
serous membranes, with high fever, great 
restlessness and fear. 

15. The urine is hot, dark, and scanty in 
all inflammations. 

' 16. Dry, ringing, hoarse, croupy cough, 
much heat, high fever, great fear, restless- 
ness; in bronchitis, catarrh, pneumonia, etc. 
17. Sudden hemorrhages from the lungs, 
with great fear and restlessness. 



10 Aconite. 

i8. Great sensitiveness of any part of the 
body; cannot bear to be touched on account 
of this sensitiveness. 

19. Acute muscular rheumatism of the 
back and Hmbs; pains are drawing-, tense, 
and numb, tingHng and insupportable. 

20. Pains are insupportable, especially at 
night, with great restlessness. 

21. Tingling in the throat, hands, and feet. 

22. Neuralgia, especially in the upper 
extremities, with numbness of the limb, as 
if the blood did not circulate. 

23. Aggravation: Especially at night; in 
a warm room; from motion; in chest affec- 
tions, cannot take a deep inspiration. 

24. Amelioration: After perspiration; dur- 
ing the day; in the open air; rheumatism, 
during rest; from acids, wine, and coffee. 



i^SCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM. 

HORSE CHESTNUT. 

Through the nervous gangha of the muscular and sub- 
mucous coats of the colon and rectum, yEsculus has one 
special center of action : 

Colon, Rectum, Anus. Congestion; Hcemori' holds. 
GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Haemorrhoids, with severe aching- pain 
in the sacro-lumbar region, as if the back 
would break. 

2. Excessive dryness and heat of the rec- 
tum and anus, feehng as if filled with sticks. 

3. Dreadful pain in the anus; cannot sit, 
stand, or lie down; pains like a knife sawing 
backward and forward. 

4. Prolapsus ani, with constipation; stools 
hard and knotted. 

5. Aggravation: From stool and from 
walking. 

» 6. Amelioration: From rest. 



12 

ALOES. 

SOCOTRINE ALOES. 

Through the little ganglia in the muscular coat of the 
intestines, Aloes has three special centers of action: 



Liver. Portal Congestion ; Incr. Biliary Secretion. 
Large Intestines. (Mus. Coat.) Incr. Peristalsis, 

Skin. Eczema. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Morning diarrhoea; stools yellow, jelly- 
like, watery, or windy, with intense colicky 
pains in the lower abdomen, associated with 
extreme prostration. 

2. Watery stools, the desire for which 
cannot be put off for one moment; much 
flatulence, colic, and gurgling noise in the 
bowels, with constant sense of insecurity of 
sphincter ani; the rectum feels full of the 
fluid, and as if it would fall out, with great 
faintness after each stool. 

3. Haemorrhoids; they protrude like a 
bunch of grapes after each stool, and bleed 
much; relieved by the application of cold 
water. 

4. Menses too early, too profuse, and last 
too long, with sense of heaviness and press- 
ing downward in the pelvis. 



ALUMINA. 13 

5. Tongue and mouth dry, with increased 
thirst. 

6. Ag-g"ravation: In the early morning-, 
and damp weather. 

7. Amehoration: After stool, and from 
cold water. 



ALUMINA. 

ALUMINUM. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Akimina 
has two special centers of action : 

Cerebro-Spixal Nervous System. Prostration. 
Mucous MembRxVnes. Great Dryness of Secretions. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

L People whose nutrition is decidedly 
defective; they have a wrinkled, dried-up 
appearance, and are extremely prostrated. 

2. Great weakness, loss of memory; mel- 
ancholia; time passes too slowly, an hour 
seems half a day. 

3. Great dryness of all the mucous mem- 
branes, with constipation. 

4. Constipation, from great dryness of the 
mucous membrane of the rectum, with long- 
lasting pain in the anus. 



14 AMBRA GRISEA. 

5. Has great difficulty in voiding even a 
soft stool, from paralysis of the rectum; 
great straining required to void the stool. 

6. Profuse, transparent, acrid leucorrhoea, 
running down to the heels in large quanti- 
ties, with delayed, scanty menses. 

7. Hard, dry, tearing cough, with great 
weakness. 

8. Aggravation: In warm room, during 
evenings. 

9. Amelioration: Open air,- cold, and mo- 
tion. 



AMBRA GRISEA. 

GRAY AMBER. 

Through the cerebro-spinal system, Ambra has one 
special centei' of action : 

Animal Nervous System. HystericalHypercEsthesia. 
GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to lean, delicate, 
excessively hysterical women, prone to fre- 
quent fainting fits, with spasms. 

2. Thin, spare people, very weak; sleep- 
lessness, and cold all the time. 



AMMONIUM CARBONICUM. I5 

3. Nervous, spasmodic cough, with much 
flatulency. 

4. Urine copious and watery. 

5. Too frequent and too profuse menstrua- 
tion; discharge of blood between the periods 
from atony of the uterus. 

6. Coldness of the abdomen, with consti- 
pation. 

7. Palpitation of the heart; asthma, with 
great nervous excitability. 

8. Aggravation: Warm air and drinks; 
evenings. 

g. Amehoration: Cold air and drinks. 



AMMONIUM CARBONICUM. 

CARBONATE OF AMMONIA. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system (vaso-motor 
portion), Ammonia has three special centers of action: 

Mucous Membranes. Injiain. -with MiLcorrhoea, 
Circulation. Heart and Arteries Stimulated. 
Bi^ooD. Liquefaction and Vast Hemorrhages, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Lymphatic, flabby people, suffering 
with sub-acute and chronic diseases of the 
respiratory mucous membrane, or scurvy. 



l6 AMMONIUM CARBONICUM. 

2. Congestion of blood to the head, with 
vast hemorrhages from the nose. 

3. The moment he falls asleep, is aroused 
again for want of breath. 

4. Putrid sore throat; gangrenous ulcera- 
tions, with obstinate hemorrhages and dysp- 
noea. 

5. Typhoid fever, with hemorrhages from 
the bowels and much prostration. 

6. Extreme debility during menstruation, 
must lie down, with cholera-like diarrhoea. 

7. Premature, copious menstruation in 
women who are delicate and must have their 
smelling-bottle continually. 

8. Aggravation: Evening, night, and wet 
weather. 

9. Amelioration: Dry weather; warmth. 



17 

AMYL NITRITUM. 

NITRITK OF AMYL. 

Through the cerebro-spinal (vaso-motor portion) nerv- 
ous system, Amyl has six ccntej'S of action : 

Circulation. Rapid; Transient Ai'tcrial Dilatation. 
Heart. TnJiib. Nerve Ccntei-s PUy zed; Violent Action. 
TempeRxVture. Remarkable Reduction. 
Cerebro-Spinal System. Motor N. Centers PHyzed. 
Kidneys. Dinresis^ with Glycosuria. 
Locally. Progressive Loss of Function. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Frequent flushing; of the face, head, and 
neck, followed by perspiration. 

2. Sensation as if the blood would burst 
through the skin of the face and body. 
(Sunstroke.) 

3. Severe throbbing headache, with a feel- 
ing as if the ears would burst open. 

4. Angina pectoris, great throbbing of the 
heart and arteries, with severe praecordial 
anxiety and a feeling of suffocation. 

5. Exophthalmic goiter, with irregular, 
tumultuous action of the heart. 

6. Aggravation: Motion and w^armth. 

7. Amelioration: Open air and rest. 



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ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM. 

SULPHURET OF ANTIMONY. 

Through the cerebro-spinal system, Antimony has two 
special centers of action : 

Mucous Membranes. Become Loaded with AIucus, 
Skin. Coriis^ Callosities^ and Pustules. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great central key for this drug is a 
heavy, thick, milky-white coating on the 
tongue, from slow digestion. 

2. Gastric catarrh, white tongue, long-last- 
ing loss of appetite; disgust for all food. 

3. Intense thirst; great longing for acids. 

4. Violent vomiting of mucus and bile. 

5. Bowels loose, with watery stools and 
much flatulence. 

6. Corns, or callosities, in the soles of the 
teet; nails grov/ in splits. 

7. Profound sadness, with much irrita- 
bility. 

8. Rheumatism of the soles of the feet. 

9. Complaints caused by bathing in cold 
water, with white, milky, furred tongue. 

10. Aggravation; Cold air or water, and 
evening. 



ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM. I9 

II. Amelioration: Rest, warm food, and 
open air. 

ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM. 

TARTAR EMETIC. 

Through the cerebro-spiiial nervous system, Tartar 
emetic has six special centers of action : 

Mucous Membraxes. Cata?'7'h; Pustular Injlain. 

Skin. Pustular Inflammation. 

Circulation, Blood. Heart Depres. Blood Li(2ucf. 

Spinal Cord. Motor and Sensory Paralysis. 

Vagi. Violent Nausea and Vomiting ; Paresis. 

Muscular System. Paralysis ; Loss of Reflex Action. 

GRx\ND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great key for the use of this drug 
is, large collections of mucus in the bron- 
chial tubes, expectorated with great diffi- 
culty, from partial paralysis of the vagi. 

2. Loose, rattling cough, bronchial tubes 
filled with mucus, but none is expectorated, 
with suffocation, rapid breathing, and cya- 
nosis. 

3. Tongue red, dry, and brown, with great 
thirst and prostration. 

4. Much nausea and vomiting, with great 
drowsiness. 



20 ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM. 

5. Colliquative diarrhoea, with meteorism; 
stools watery, mucous, green, or bloody; 
coldness and collapse. 

6. Lumbago, violent pain in the sacro- 
lumbar region; slightest motion causes 
retching and cold sweat. Best remedy in 
the Materia Medica for this painful malady. 

7. Pustular inflammation of the skin, with 
great prostration. 

8. Asthenic fevers, cold sweat and great 
prostration. 

Q. Aggravation: Damp, cold weather, and 
evening. 

10. Amelioration: Open, cool air; during 
the day. 



21 
ANTIPYRINE. 

AN ALKALOID FROM COAL TAR DERIVATIVES. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Antipyrine 
has 7iine centers of action: 

Brain. Heat Centers Depressed; Great Pall of Temp. 

„ ^ ,, ^ X ( Deiyres.; Alotor Paral. 

bPiNAL Cord. (Lat. Col.) \ r. 

^ ' ( .Sensory Ancesthesia. 

Vagi. Hypercemia; Emesis ; Increased Respiration. 

Optic Nerve. Hypercemia^ zvith Complete Amaurosis. 

Liver. Arrests Change of Glycogen into Sugar. 

{ Nitrog. Elimination (^Urea) ; Albuminuria. 

' \ Inorg. Salts Reduced; Aletabolism Arrested. 

Heart. (Excito-Mot. Gang.) Dimi^t. Blood-Press. 

Mamm^. Secretion Diminished. i^A?itigalactagog7te.) 

( Copious Perspi.; Eace Livid. 
Skin. (Centric.) -J CEdema; Urticar. Erupt.; Itching 

( Rash Resembliiig Scarlatina. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. One of the greatest antipyretics known 
to reduce dangerously high temperature in 
any fever, given in from two to five grain 
doses. 

2. Nervous headache; pain occurs in par- 
oxysms; first stage. Will abort most cases 
if given in five grain doses. 

3. Dysmenorrhoea, with profuse menstru- 
ation; severe after-pains. 



^2 ANTIFEBRIN. 

4. Enuresis in children. (Very valuable.) 
Albuminuria. 

5. Acute articular rheumatism. (Hypo- 
dermically.) 

6. Chorea, from a rheumatic cause. 

7. Chronic urticaria, with great itching 
and bulbous eruptions. 

8. Acute eruptions similar to scarlatina 
and measles. 

9. General anasarca. 

10. False membrane on the tonsils, phar- 
ynx, and fauces; resembling well formed 
croupal diphtheria, with its profound pros- 
tration and marked albuminuria. 



ANTIFEBRIN. 

AN ALKALOID FROM THE COAL TAR DERIVATIVES. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Antifebrin 
has j^z^^ special centers of action : 

^ , Heat Centers Greatly De-bressed. Marked Fall 

Brain. ' j j. ^ 



of Temperature j Sojnnolence ^ Coma. 
Eye. Mydriasis. 

Vagi. Paralysis y' Failing" Respiratio7i. 
Cord. Convulsions ; AitcEsthesia. 
Kidneys. Albuminuria; Hcetnoglobinuria. 



APIS MKLLIFICA. 23 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. It is, probably, the best antipyretic 
known to reduce high temperature, espe- 
cially in typhoid fever when it becomes dan- 
gerous, but it has to be given in from two to 
five grain doses to get the desired result. 

2. Full doses will, in most cases, abort 
sick-headache. 



APIS MELLIFICA. 

POISON OF THE HONEY-BEE. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Apis 
has j^z^^ special centers of action : 

Cellular Tissue. CEde?na and Di-opsy. 
Skin. Urticarioiis Jpijiamfnation. 
Serous Membranes. Sub- Acute Injiam.; Dropsy. 
Mucous Membranes. (Edematous Injlammation. 
„ f InJlammatio7i ; Hypertrophy of Ovaries^ Tes- 

' \ ticles^ Tonsils. . « 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Particularly adapted to diseases located 
on the left side (fauces, tonsils, ovary). The 
pains that are peculiarly characteristic are 
like the sting of a bee, burning, stinging, 



24 Apis mellifica. 

with hig-h-colored, scanty urine; in asthenic 
diseases and general dropsy. 

2. Red, oedematous inflammation, with 
stinging pains. 

3. Face swollen, pale, waxen, oedematous. 

4. Buccal cavity red, swollen, oedematous, 
with burning, stinging pains. 

5. Tongue red, dry, cracked, trembling, 
with mouth, throat, and pharynx bright red 
and glossy. 

6. Congestion of blood to the head and 
face, sopor, muttering delirium, and violent 
screaming. 

7. Morning diarrhoea, green, watery, or 
of mucus and blood, with swollen abdomen 
that is very sore to the touch. 

8. Urine dark, scanty, in all kinds of 
dropsy. 

9. Inflammation of the neck of the blad- 
der, with painful urination, and oedema of 
the labia. 

10. Great irritation and enlargement of 
the ovaries, with burning, stinging pains; 
ovarian dropsy. 

11. Menses too soon, copious; uterus very 
sensitive. 



Apocynum CANNABINUM. 2^ 

12. Amenorrhoea, with general oedema, 
especially of the labia. 

13. QEdematous swelling of the sub-mu- 
cous cellular tissue of the larynx, and drop- 
sical effusions in the chest; sensation as if 
the patient w^ould smother and must die, but 
no fear of death. 

14. Waxy paleness of the skin; hands, 
legs, and feet greatly swollen, almost trans- 
parent; great oedema. 

15. Sphacelated erysipelas, very sensitive, 
with great prostration. Carbuncle or urti- 
caria, with burning, stinging pains. 

16. Aggravation: In cold weather, nights, 
and in overheated, close room„ 

17. Amelioration: In open air; washing in 
cold water. 



APOCYNUM CANNABINUM. 

INDIAN HEMP. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Apocynum 
has three special centers of action: 

Mucous Membranes. Increased Secretion. 

Serous Membranes and Cellular Tissue. Dropsy. 

Skin. (Sweat Glands.) Diaphoresis, 



26 ARGENTUM NITRICUM. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Acute dropsical conditions, especially 
rental, without structural change, with very 
scanty, dark-colored urine. 

2. All kinds of dropsies, with a sinking- 
feeling* at the pit of the stomach, and great 
exhaustion; skin dry. 

3. Relaxed sphincters and loss of muscu- 
lar power, with a watery state of the blood, 
and g-eneral oedema. 

4. Ag-gravation: Nig-ht; sudden atmos- 
pheric changes, warm to cold. 

5. Amelioration: Warm and dry weather; 
during the day. 



ARGENTUM NITRICUM. 

NITRATE OF SILVER. 

Through the organic nervous system, Argentum nitri- 
cum has six special centers of action: 

Mucous Membranes. Atony ; Destructive Tnjiam. 
Cartilaginous System. Injiammation ; Ulceration. 
Glandular System. Congestion ; Induration. 
Blood. Destruction of Red Blood Cor p'^cles ; Chlorosis. 
Skin. Nodular and Vesicular Inflammation. 
Cerebro-Spinal Sys. (Mot. Tract.) Convztlsions. 



ARGENTUM NITRICUM. 27 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. In thin, scrawny people (especially chil- 
dren), having- a dried-up appearance, look- 
ing like mummies, with sub-acute and 
chronic afflictions. 

2. A feeling as if the body, or some part 
of it, was expanding. 

3. Vertigo, associated with trembling and 
great debility. 

4. Patient cannot think, talk, or walk; 
time seems to pass too slowly; everything 
done for him seems done too slowly; face 
sunken, pale, and looking prematurely old. 

5. Cerebral congestion with vertigo; can- 
not walk in the dark, or with his eyes closed, 
it makes him so dizzy. 

6. Periodical boring pain in the head, 
worse in left frontal eminence; mental emo- 
tions greatly aggravate; relieved by tight 
bandaging. 

7. Infra-orbital prosopalgia, pain intense, 
with a very sour taste in the mouth (not 
gastric, but gustatory nerve perversion). 

8. Great melancholy and weakness of 
memory. 

9. Great distention of the stomach with 



28 ARGENTUM NITRICUM. 

wind, as if it would burst; belching is done 
with great difficulty, but affords marked 
relief. 

10. Fluids drunk appear to run straight 
through the intestinal canal without stop- 
ping. 

11. Diarrhoea of green, fetid mucus, ac- 
companied with much flatulence. 

12. Ulceration of the bowels, stools shred- 
dy, with masses of epithelial substances, or 
muco-lymph, colored red or green, with 
much flatus and bearing-down pain. 

13. Genital organs in man shriveled; sex- 
ual power lost. 

14. In women, uterine ulcerations; met- 
rorrhagia, with much trouble with the head, 
greatly aggravated by motion. 

15. Ulceration of larynx, affecting the car- 
tilages; voice hoarse, or complete aphonia; 
larynx raw and sore, breath very offensive. 

16. Excessive debility, can hardly walk; 
nerves greatly unstrung; chilly all the time; 
staggering gait; pain in back; cannot walk 
with closed eyes, or in the dark; urine void- 
ed unconsciously, day and night; locomotor 
ataxia. 



ARGENTUM NITRICUM. 29 

17. Ag-gravation: Night; 11 a. m.; cold 
weather, or cold food. 

18. AmeHoration: In open, fresh air, must 
have it. From eructations. 

19. Local application: The local effect of 
lu7tar caustic, in the solid or fluid form, is 
wonderful, to arouse and substitute a 
healthy for an unhealthy action. When 
applied in the fluid form, dissolve the salt in 
nitrous ether, in proportion of from five to 
twenty grains to the ounce. When the in- 
flammation or ulceration is located upon the 
mucous tissue of the eyes, nose, mouth, 
pharynx, larynx, urethra, vagina, or uterus, 
and in abrasions, bed-sores, and ulcers of the 
skin, its application forms an albuminate, 
which coats the surface with a thin layer, 
and protects the tissue beneath from the irri- 
tation of the air, causing the sore to heal 
with great rapidity. 



30 

ARNICA MONTANA. 

leopard's-bane. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Arnica has 
six special centers of action : 

Skin. Vesicular and Erysipelatous Injlainmation. 
Venous System. Stimulating Absorption. 
Serous Membranes. Injlammation and Effusion. 
Muscular System. Paresis and Myalgia. 
Circulation. Accelerated., with Elevated temperature. 
Digestive Org. Indigestion^ Gastro-Intestinal Injlajn. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The bed on which he Hes feels too 
hard; complains constantly of it, and keeps 
chang-ing from place to place; feels sore 
and tired. 

2. Head hot, and body cool. Bruised sen- 
sation over whole body. 

3. Especially adapted to all traumatic 
lesions, such as bruises, falls, concussions, 
or strains, involving the cellular tissue and 
muscles. 

4. Extreme tenderness of the skin and 
cellular tissue upon pressure. 

5. Haematic fevers; erysipelatous inflam- 
mation; typhoid or traumatic fevers, with 
great prostration, indifference, muttering", 
and stupidity; trembling- of the lower lip. 



ARNICA MONTANA. 3I 

6. Great tendency to small boils, and 
ecchymoses of the skin. 

7. Hemorrhages from trauma, or apo- 
plexy. Hemorrhagic diathesis. 

8. Hydrogenoid, plethoric constitutions; 
nervous, cannot endure pain, and the effects 
of traumatism remain long" in the system. 

9. Eructations tasting like rotten eggs. 

10. Stitching pains, with great sensitive- 
ness of the whole body. 

11. Aggravation: Cold, damp weather; at 
night; at rest; long sleep; wine; exertion. 

12. Amelioration: During the day; mo- 
tion; contact, and in the open air. 



32 

ARSENICUM ALBUM. 

ARSENIOUS ACID. 

No known remedy strikes down and annihilates the 
Hfe of the gangUonic nervous system as does Arsenicum. 
Through this system, every organ and tissue in the body 
is more or less affected ; but the ten following are its 
principal centers of action : 

Mucous Membranes. Destructive Infamjfiation. 
Serous Mem. CEdem. Inflam.; Copious Drops. Efus, 
Skin. General Anasarca^ Eczema; Gangrene. 
Kidneys. Albuminuria ; Fatty Degeneration. 
Blood. Disintegration; Hemorrhages ; Serous Effus. 
Circulation. Vaso-Motor Paralysis ; Asthenia. 
Heart. Fatty Degeneration; Motor Paralysis. 
Liver. Fatty Degeneration; Disorganization. 
Lungs. Asthma; Congestion ; Maligna^it Catarrh. 
Cerebro-Spinal Sys. Mot. and Sens. Paral.; Neural. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Adapted to lymphatic, nervous people, 
who are excessively sad and irritable; chol- 
eraic and dropsical diseases; malarial fevers, 
especially if abused by Quinine. 

2. Rapid and great prostration, with sink- 
ing" of the vital forces; much emaciation; 
skin shriveled, and the physical exhaustion 
overrules everything. 

3. Burning- pains; the parts burn like fire, 
with great anguish and fear of death; 



ARSExNICUM ALBUM. 33 

restlessness and exhaustion; despairs of 
being cured. 

4. The longer the disease has lasted, the 
more deeply the organs and tissues have 
become affected, and the more defective is 
nutrition, the greater the indication for 
Arsenic. 

5. Its affinity for the large nerve-centers 
explains why it is so beneficial in insanity; 
patient much emaciated, wretched appetite; 
dry, red tongue; shriveled, haggard, anxious 
countenance; great bodily suffering; excess- 
ive anxiety; restlessness; great fear of death, 
and still a desire to commit suicide to end 
his great sufferings. 

6. Great fear, restlessness, trembling, cold 
sweats, prostration; melancholy, cannot be 
controlled, thinks he will have to die and 
leave his family penniless. 

7. Picking of the bedclothes; hasty in all 
his motions; grasps anything he wants 
eagerly, with excessive prostration. 

8. White, waxy pale face, with great de- 
bility; general anasarca. 

9. Great thirst, craving for cold water, 
drinking often, but little at a time, since the^ 



34 ARSENICUM ALBUM. 

stomach cannot assimilate it; as soon as 
water has been drunk, it is vomited up im- 
mediately. 

10. Intense burning" sensation in bowels, 
like coals of fire, with great distention of the 
abdomen. 

11. Watery and painless diarrhoea; stools 
acrid, foul smelling, excoriating- the anus, 
with excessive prostration and obstinate 
nausea and vomiting. 

12. Coryza, copious, watery, acrid dis- 
charges that burn much; extreme lassitude 
and aching" of the muscles; keeps constantly 
licking the dry, cracked lips. 

13. Burning, high-colored, scanty urine; 
urine loaded with albumen, in dropsical 
effusions. 

14. Cannot lie down for fear of suffoca- 
tion; highest degree of dyspnoea; hydrotho- 
rax and general anasarca. 

15. Palpitation of the heart; cannot lie 
down or go up stairs; great dyspnoea; ago- 
nizing pain in the heart; angina pectoris 
from valvular disease of the heart; inter- 
mittent pulse; hydropericardium, with great 
irritability and anxiety of mind. 



ARSENICUM ALBUM. 35 

i6. Eruptions disappear suddenly, with 
complete prostration. 

17. Phag-edenic ulcerations, constantly ex- 
tending in breadth; burning;, acrid dis- 
charges; proud flesh and bedsores. 

18. Bran-like, dry, scaly eruptions, itching, 
and burn like fire. 

19. Scirrhus, with ulceration that burns 
like fire, w^orse nights. 

20. Malarial fevers, febrile stage greatly 
prolonged, the chill and sweating stage gen- 
erally wanting. 

21. Low, septic fevers; prostration ex- 
cessive; violent vomiting, excited by any 
substance taken into the stomach; constant 
thirst for cold water, the smallest quantity 
making him vomit, but he calls for the cold 
water constantly; the anguish of mind is 
terrible. 

22. Neuralgia; the pains are burning, as 
if a red-hot wire were drawn along the 
nerve; often intermittent; worse during rest; 
at night, with great restlessness. 

23. In typhoid fever the patient is so weak 
he complains of nothing; takes no notice of 
surrounding objects; excretions pass invol- 



36 ARSENICUM ALBUM. 

untarily; abdomen greatly distended; urine 
often retained; lips and tongue are dry; the 
tongue is generally clean and red, but may 
be covered with a dark brown coating; 
tongue showing the marks of the teeth; 
speech often impossible; associated with 
continual, obstinate vomiting and extremely 
high temperature; pulse frequent, small, and 
irregular, with trembling of the hands. 

24. For chorea in simple, uncomplicated 
cases, no known remedy can equal Arsenic 
in the form of Fowler's Solution, two to 
four drops three times a day. 

25. Aggravation: Night, especially after 
midnight; in cold, damp air; getting cold; 
after eating or drinking something cold; 
lying down with the head low, or by motion. 

26. Amelioration: By warm air; wants to 
be wrapped up warm; warm drinks, and 
during the day. 



37 

ARUM TRIPHYLLUM. 

INDIAN TURNIP. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Arum has 
two special centers of actio7i : 

Mucous Membranes. Excoriating' Inflammation. 
Glandular System. (Salivary.) Insalivation. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. All the secretions are acrid and exco- 
riating. 

2. Nostrils constantly discharg;e ichorous 
fluid, excoriating the nose and lips. 

3. Lips sore, swollen, burning, cracked 
and bleeding; skin peeling off; constant 
picking at the lips and nose. 

4. Tongue red like a beet, with prominent 
papillae. 

5. Excessive salivation, the whole buccal 
cavity being raw, swollen, and sore; profuse 
flow of acrid saliva. 

6. Fauces and nares ulcerated; corroding, 
acid discharge. 

7. Putrid sore throat; salivary glands 
swollen. 

8. Acrid, excoriating, watery diarrhoea. 

9. Urine scanty and high colored. 



38 ASAFCETIDA. 

10. Great restlessness, in scarlatina, diph- 
theria, etc. 

11. Aggravation : Mornings; lying down, 
and cold winds. 

12. Amelioration: Middle of the day, and 
on rising. 

ASAFCETIDA. 

SCORODOSMA FCETIDUM. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Asafcetida 
\\2L^four special centers of action : 

Muscular System. Excito-Motor Insanity, 
Glandular System. Hypercesthesia; Secretions Incr. 
Mucous Memb. Incr. Secretions ; Abdojnen Tympanitic. 
Abdomen. Intest. Peristalsis Incr.; Watery Diarrhoea, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Phlegmatic, hysterical women, where 
the throat symptoms predominate; sensa- 
tion as if a lump or spasm were ascending 
in the throat, causing difficulty in breathing, 
and great alarm about the feeling in the 
throat. 

2. Great over-sensitiveness; the excito- 
motor system throughout the body is in a 
state of hyperaesthesia and hysterical spasm. 



ASAFOETIDA. 39 

3. Hysteria, where the throat symptoms 
predominate over all others, with all kinds 
of spasms and nervous excitability, as fits of 
great joy, laughter, or great anxiety; face 
flushed; constantly changing position. 

4. Accumulation of gas in the stomach 
and bowels, constantly pressing upward, 
none downward; great eructations of gas. 

5. Sensation of emptiness and weakness, 
with distention and beating in the stomach 
and abdomen, accompanied by rolling and 
gurgling in the belly, from gases, discharged 
with difficulty through the rectum, but with 
great ease through the mouth, which gives 
relief. 

6. Watery stools of the most disgusting 
smell. Violent hysterical hiccough. 

7. Women: Menses too early and scanty; 
offensive, greenish, profuse leucorrhoea. 

8. Urine scanty, acrid, and strong smelling^ 

9. Palpitation of the heart; great faint- 
ness; rush of blood to the head; flushing of 
the face; great anxiety, w^ith a feeling of a 
lump in the throat that cannot be swallowed. 

10. The left side of the body is much more 
affected than the right. 



40 AURUM. 

11. Ag-gravation: In the morning-; while 
sitting down; after eating. 

12. Amehoration: In open air; from mo- 
tion, and evenings. 

AURUM. 

GOLD. 

Through the vegetative nervous system, Gold has six 
special centers of action : 

Lymphatic Glands. Congestion; Itiduration. 
Osseous Sys. Caries^ Nasal and Palatine; Exostosis. 
Vascular System. Excited; Teinpcratui-e Elevated. 
Digestive Organs. Gastro-Intestinal Tnjiammatton, 
Generative Organs. Passions Excited, 
Skin. Copious Diaphoresis. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Scrofulosis and syphilitico-mercurial 
affections, where there is great despondency 
and tendency to commit suicide. This all- 
pervading despondency is found in all dis- 
eases that call for the use of Gold. 

2. Peevish, contradiction excites his wrath. 

3. Ulcerated nostrils; caries of the bones. 

4. Excessive dryness of the tongue, with 
inflamed salivary glands and ulceration of 
the mouth. 



ACIDUM BENZOICUM. 4I 

5. Exceedingly tender anus, cannot bear 
the least touch, not even of the sheet. Piles 
and varices of the anus, so very sensitive 
that they cannot be touched. 

6. Menses too early, too profuse, with 
g'reat sadness; sure she is going to die, and 
wants to commit suicide. 

7. Great liability to take cold. 

8. Frightful nightly bone-pains, in damp 
weather. 

9. Aggravation: Mornings; getting cold; 
at night the warmth of the bedclothes is 
intolerable; damp, cold weather. 

10. Amelioration: From motion; in warm 
air. 

ACIDUM BENZOICUM. 

BENZOIC ACID. 

Through the spinal nervous system, Benzoic acid has 
two special centers of action : 

Urinary Organs. Congested; Secretions Piitrid. 
Joints and Fibrous Tissue. Gouty Diathesis. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Rheumatic and gouty subjects, with 
excessively fetid urine, smelling like that of 



42 ACIDUiM CARBOLICUM. 

horses; can hardly stay in the room where 
it is, the smell is so cadaverous. 

2. Urinary calculi, in rheumatic subjects, 
with fetid urine. 

3. Dysuria senilis; bladder irritable; urine 
fetid and scalding. 

4. Concretions in the joints, with rheu- 
matism or gfout; urine smelling" like that of 
horses. 

5. Profuse watery diarrhoea, with fetid 
urine. 

6. Aggravation: Morning, and in cold air. 

7. Amelioration: Warm air, and evening. 

ACIDUM CARBOLICUM. 

CARBOLIC ACID. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, CarboHc 
acid XidAfottr special ce?iters of action : 

Brain. Congestion^ Insensibility ; Convulsions. 
Blood. Septic Condition. 

Digestive Organs. (Upper Portion.) Injlamed. 
Locally, Anesthetic and Highly Antiseptic. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. The main use of Carbolic Acid is found 
in the practice of surgery. Locally, as an 



ACIDUM CARBOLICUM. 43 

antiseptic, in all wounds or sores where 
there is a tendency to putrefaction. The 
antiseptic properties of the Acid destroy the 
atmospheric germs, or infusoria, which keep 
up putrefaction; not acting; on the putrid 
gases, but killing the living germs developed 
in the process of putrefaction; striking di- 
rectly at the cause, and not at the effect. 
Its antiseptic properties make it an agent of 
great value for disinfection. 

2. In putrefactive, sloughing wounds, the 
lotion destroys all fetor, facilitates the sep- 
aration of the slough, and causes healthy 
granulations to spring up. It arrests fer- 
mentation produced by organic matter. 

3. In all diseases that take on a septic 
character, with much fetor, and fetid dis- 
charges, the local and internal use of this 
remedy should be studied. 

4. Aggravation: In open air, and morning. 

5. Amelioration: From motion. 



44 

ACIDUM FLUORICUM. 

FLUORIC ACID. 

Through the organic nervous system, Fluoric acid has 
Jive special ceiiters of action : 



Lymphatic Glandular Sys. ) 



Indurated. 

(Thyroid.) Goiter, 
Mucous Membranes. Chronic Congestion; Injiam, 
Skin. Sour^ Glutinous Perspiration; Alopecia, 
Venous System. Varicosis. 
Osseous System. Inflammation ; Caries, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Its great sphere of usefulness is found 
in suppurative diseases of a sub-acute and 
chronic nature. 

2. Congestion of blood to the head; fall- 
ing off of the hair, baldness, and great loss 
of memory. 

3. Rapid caries of the teeth and temporal 
bone, in consequence of syphilis. 

4. Enlarged glands, especially the liver 
and thyroid. 

5. Throat peculiarly sensitive to the slight- 
est exposure to cold, resulting in inflamma- 
tion. 

6. Chronic catarrh of the pharynx and 
fauces, with ptyalism; soft palate and uvula 



ACIDUM HVDROCYAxMCUM. 45 

intensely red, much tumefied; fetid breath; 
so much mucus cannot sleep; especially if 
syphilitic. 

7- Aggravation: Morning. 

8. Amelioration: From motion. 



ACIDUM HYDROCYANICUM. 

PRUSSIC ACID. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, this Acid 
hsLsfour special centers of action: 

Cerebro-Spinal Sys. Chronic Spasms ; Mot. Paral. 
Muscles. Th e Life is Struck Dovjn as if by L ightn ing. 
Blood. Disors^ctnized: Black a?td Uncoaorulable, 

{ Cardiac Ga^iglia Paralyzed. 

( VasO'Motor Paralysis, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Diseases of the cerebro-spinal system 
that come on with great suddenness and 
severity. 

2. Sudden cerebral congestion, with pro- 
found coma; preceded by vertigo; weight 
and great pain in base of the brain. 

3. Spasms, w^hen the muscles of the back, 
face, and jaws are principally affected, and 
the body becomes of a bluish tint. 



46 ACIDUM MURIATICUM. 

4. Prolonged sleeplessness; very irritable, 
with fear and anxiety. 

5. Very heavy sleep; profound coma. 

6. Long fainting" spells, with tetanic con- 
vulsions. 

7. Heart-disease, violent palpitation, with 
fainting" spells. 

8. Cholera; involuntary stools; great cold- 
ness of the whole body; body livid blue; 
pulselessness; rapid asphyxia. 

9. Paralysis of the oesophagus; the fluid 
taken runs gurgling down, with cessation of 
vomiting and diarrhoea. 

10. Dry, spasmodic, suffocating cough. 

11. Aggravation: Afternoon and evening. 

12. Amelioration: Open air, and coffee. 



ACIDUM MURIATICUM. 

MURIATIC ACID. 

Through the organic nervous system, Hydrochloric 
acid hasyb^/r special centers of action : 

Mucous Membranes. Inflammation ^ Ulcej'ation. 

Blood. Septic Acidity ; Elevated Te?nperature, 

^ ^ ((Salivary.) Salivatio7i. 

Glandular bvs. ^ ,^ x rrr ,' 

( (Intestinal.) Ulceration. 

Skin. Vesicular and Papular Eruptions. 



ACIDUM MURIATICUM. 47 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Asthenic diseases; restlessness, stupor, 
sighing- and debiUty; sHding down in bed; 
intermittent pulse; stupid; muttering deli- 
rium; general state of paresis; fluids putrid. 

2. Low febrile conditions, with ulceration 
of the mucous membranes and great fetor 
of the breath. 

3. Acts especially upon the mouth and 
anus. Mouth and tongue excessively dry; 
tongue seems paralyzed; mouth and throat 
ulcerated. Prolapsus ani with highly in- 
flamed haemorrhoids. 

4. Salivary glands inflamed, tender and 
swollen; sordes on the teeth. 

5. The anus is so tender it cannot be 
touched, not even with the sheet. 

6. Watery, putrescent, involuntary stools. 

7. In women: Menses too soon, very copi- 
ous, with great depression. 

^8. Great sensitiveness to damp weather. 
Q. Excessive weakness. 

10. Aggravation: Stormy, damp, cold 
weather; morning; exertion. 

11. Amelioration: Warmth; rest and 
evening. 



48 

ACIDUM NITRICUM. 

NITRIC ACID. 

Through the organic nervous system, Nitric acid has 
four special centers of action : 

Mucous Membranes. Infiam.; Destructive Ulcer. 

Skin. Pustular Ulcer.; Fungoid Growths ; Perspir, 

„ ^ ( (Salivary,) Inflammation, 

Glandular Sys. v )^ . '. ^ . 

{ (-Liver.) Ulceration. 

Blood. Broken-Down^ Septic Condition. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Lean people who take cold easily; 
great debility. 

2. Mercurial and scrofulous miasms; sec- 
ondary syphilis. 

3. Spreading- ulcers in the mouth and 
throat; mouth full of fetid ulcers, from Mer- 
cury or secondary syphilis. 

4. Feeling- as if sharp sticks were being 
stuck into the affected parts. 

5. Putrid -smelling breath; salivation; 
bleeding gums. 

6. Ulcers bleed easily, ragged edges and 
exuberant granulations. 

7. Watery diarrhoea, often mixed with 
mucus and blood, with pain in the anus, as if 
fissured; proctalgia; typhoid hemorrhages. 



ACIDUM NITRICUM. 49 

8. Urine smells like horses' urine; ex- 
tremely offensive. 

9. In women: Violent pressure, as if the 
womb would be forced into the world; 
bloody leucorrhoea. 

10. Prolapsus ani, with much pain and 
smarting in the rectum. Haemorrhoids that 
bleed easily and are very sensitive. 

11. Chronic hepatitis; gland greatly en- 
larged, with diarrhoea. 

12. Colliquative night sweats; great ema- 
ciation and debility. 

13. Fetid sweating of the feet, causing 
soreness of the toes, with sticking, as if 
walking on pins. 

14. Loss of breath; palpitation and anxi- 
ety on ascending steps. 

15. Hoarseness, aphonia, with dry, rack- 
ing cough. 

16. Affections of mucous outlets of the 
body — mouth, rectum, vagina, bladder — in 
broken-down constitutions. 

17. Aggravation: Evenings, night, and in 
a warm room. 

18. Amelioration: Cold weather and rid- 
ing out. 



50 

ACIDUM PHOSPHORICUM. 

PHOSPHORIC ACID. 

Through the organic nervous system, Phosphoric acid 
hasjzve special centers of action : 

Cerebro-Spinal Sys. Pros..^froi7i Loss of JVutrition. 
Digestive Organs. Atony of the Whole Apparatus. 
Blood. Passive Hemorrhages ; Dark Colored j Watery. 
Skin. Condylomata ; Septic Ulceration, 
Bones. Rachitis; Caries, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. People who have been weakened by 
the loss of animal fluids, sexual excesses, or 
continued moral emotions. 

2. Cerebral weakness from brain-fag; 
patient can hardly be persuaded to speak; 
indifferent to all about him. 

3. It is to nervous debility what Iron is to 
anaemia, especially if produced by grief, 
chagrin, care, or disappointed love. 

4. Copious watery, painless diarrhoea; 
stools of undigested food, with much rum- 
bling and great amount of gas in the 
bowels. 

5. Bad effects 'from onanism and sexual 
excesses; seminal emissions, producing de- 
bility, great despondency, loss of memory. 



ACIDUM SALICYLICUM. 5I 

and clammy sweats. It is one of the best 
remedies we have for spermatorrhoea. 

6. In women: Too early, too long* and 
profuse menstruation, attended by constant 
pain in liver; hysterical; urinates copiously. 

7. Meteoristic distention of the abdomen. 

8. In children: Urine milky white; ema- 
ciation; debility. 

9. Diabetes, with copious flow of urine; 
emaciation and great debility. 

10. Agg"ravation: From loss of animal 
fluids; mental work; at rest; at night; warm 
food, and dry, cold weather. 

11. Amelioration: Motion, warmth, and 
wet weather. 

ACIDUM SALICYLICUM. 

SALICYLIC ACID. 

Through the cerebro-spinal system, Salicylic acid has 
six special centers of action : 

Gerebro-Spinal Sys. Motor Paralysis ; Ancesthcsia. 

Ears. Complete Deafness fro77i Auditory Nerve Paral. 

Eyes. Mydriasis^ Amaurosis ; Rheumat. Plastic Iritis. 

Mucous Memb. Catarrhal and Pustular InJla7nmatio7i. 

_, „ ( Albuminuria. Ha:i7iaturia. 

Urinary Organs. ^ r.. . , j^. 

( JJiabetes^ JJiuresis. 

CiRCU. Vaso-Motor Spasm j Weak Heart j Tern, Red, 



52 ACIDUM SULPHURICUM. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. For acute articular, inflammatory rheu- 
matism, aggravated by touch and motion, 
this is without doubt the best remedy we 
have, reheving the pain in two days. (Five 
grains every three hours.) 

2. Dyspepsia, with excessive acidity, flatu- 
lency, and great tendency to vomit. 

3. Acid children, with green stools, and 
much irritability. 

4. Rheumatic inflammation, with serous 
effusions. 

5. Roaring and ringing in the ears, with 
difficult hearing. 

6. Aggravation: By motion, and at night. 

7. Amelioration: By rest, and during the 
day. 



ACIDUM SULPHURICUM. 

SULPHURIC ACID. 

Through the organic nervous system, Sulphuric acid 
has thi'ee special cent 67' s of action: 

Mucous Membranes. Destructive Injlammation. 
Skin. Ecchyjuosis and Colliquative Sweats. 
Salivary Glands. Insaliv. (Lymphatic) Atony, 



ACIDUM SULPHURICUM. 53 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Some deep-seated dyscrasia, patient 
exhausted, shriveled, and cold, with a sensa- 
tion of tremor all over the body, without 
trembling. 

2. Patient feels in a great hurry, and that 
everything- must be done in a hurry. 

3. Profuse night sweats, with great de- 
bility. 

4. Pressing in different parts of the body, 
increasing slowly, and suddenly disappear- 
ing. 

5. Aphthous sore mouth; in emaciated, 
feeble people. 

6. Coldness of the stomach, with great 
debility. 

7. Copious watery diarrhoea, with night 
sweats, and great debility. 

8. Hemorrhages from all the outlets of 
the body. 

9. Constant hot flashes at the climacteric, 
with sensation of tremor all over the body 
without trembling. 

10. She always has a distressing night- 
mare before menstruation, which is too 
early, too profuse, with much debility. 



u. ChrvMiic heuUuchesi. leucophle^matlc 
pet>plt>v with reluxcil muscles. unU sWvUly 
exhuus^cil 

*2. As'^iuvauou; la ooUi, v^pon v\ir; after- 
UiXMXs and evcuin^^s. 

13. Amelk>rut>o»>- 0>v,- w.i: •.-, . .;..■,,. 
frv>m vomitioi: 



BAPTISIA. 

uerwusi siYSit«^m> lU^i:»^ 



GRA\r» ^ U \R \v^ IKRISTICS. 

1. Septic, adynamic diseases^, with grreat 
depix^ssiooft of the cerebn>spinal system; 
putrescence: sottenins and breakings down 
of tis^sue. low fevers, 

2. Low septic fever, mutterin^^ dcUruun: 
bruiseci feeling- of all the muscles of the 
K\!v. atul profound debility. 



BAPTISIA. 55 

3. Face dark red, stupor, delirium; besot- 
ted expression; eyes injected; dull, stupefy- 
ing headache, with confusion of ideas. 

4. Ton§;ue dry, coated brown, sordes on 
the teeth, and very offensive breath; mouth 
full of ulcers. 

5. Soreness of the eyeballs; they feel as 
if they would be pressed into the head; con- 
fusion of sight. 

6. Can swallow liquids only; has an aver- 
sion for solid food. 

7. Ulceration of mucous membranes; ex- 
halations and discharges offensive, fetid, — 
breath, stools, urine, sweat, ulcers, etc. 

8. Intolerance of pressure; in whatever 
position the patient lies, the parts rested on 
feel sore and bruised. 

9. Desire for cool, fresh air; must be con- 
stantly fanned. 

10. Great sinking sensation in the epigas- 
trium, with frequent fainting spells. 

11. Stoojs fetid, watery, and exhausting; 
often of bloody mucus; tenesmus and septic 
fever. 

12. Tonsils and soft palate red, covered 
with pseudo-membrane, with septic fever; 



56 BARYTA CARBONICA. 

great soreness of all the muscles, and pro- 
found debility. (For the first stage of diph- 
theria, it is the best remedy we have.) 

13. Loose, muco-purulent cough, high 
fever, and great debility. 

14. Limbs ache; very weak and trembling. 
15- Aggravation: In close, warm room. 
16. Amelioration: In open, fresh, cool air. 



BARYTA CARBONICA. 

CARBONATE OF BARYTA. 

Through the organic nervous system, Baryta has two 
special centers of actioji : 

Lymphatic Glandular vSys. Hypertrophy ; Atony. 
Tonsils. Hypertrophy ; Ulceration. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Scrofulous children that do not grow; 
defective mentally and physically. 

2. Chronic induration of the tonsils; the 
least cold produces inflammation and ulcer- 
ation of the tonsils. 

3. Takes cold on the slightest change in 
temperature. 



BELLADOXXA. 57 

4. Muscular structure of the throat greatly 
relaxed; very hoarse. 

5. Paralysis in old people; the brain 
shrinks, and they become childish. 

6. Dwarfish women; menses scanty, with 
troublesome weight about the pubes. 

7. Agg;ravation: Especially by damp, 
cold air; nights. 

8. Amelioration: Open, warm air; walk- 
ing;. 



BELLADONNA. 

DEADLY NIGHTSHADE. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Belladonna 
has tivelve special centers of action : 

Cerebro- Spinal Sys. Motor and Sensory Paralysis. 
CiRC. Cardiac Inhih. Cen. Stim.; Capil. Contr. 
Temperature. Elevated^ froni One to Three Degrees. 
Pneumogastric Xerye. Respiratory Centers Stim. 
Mucous Membranes. Secretions Entirely Arrested. 
Muscles OF Hollow Viscera. (Abdomen.) Paral. 
Kidneys. Congestioti; I?iJla?n?nation. 
Bladder. Sphincter Muscle Paralyzed. 
Glandular System. Arrested Secretioiis ; Injlam. 
Generative Organs. Arrested Seer.; Cong. Injlam. 
Skin. Copious Perspiration; Erysipelatous Injlani. 
Eye. Mydriasis ; Congestion; InJla?n7nation, 



58 BELLADONNA. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The inception, or primary starting point, 
of the affection, is in the brain; face flushed, 
eyes red; furious dehrium, wild look; wishes 
to strike, bite, or quarrel. 

2. Irritability and acuteness of senses of 
taste, smell, touch, sight, and hearing; de- 
lirium, with springing out of bed; laughing, 
constant talking, and desire to escape. 

3. Rage; tears the clothes, kicks, bites, 
strikes, howls, and shrieks. 

4. Violent congestion of blood to the 
head, with loss of consciousness; carotids 
throb violently; jugulars swollen; face 
bloated and red. 

5. Throbbing headache, worse from mo- 
tion, touch, especially light and noise. 

6. Constant moaning; child remains in a 
drowsy, sleepy state, starting and jumping 
while sleeping, with red eyes and flushed 
face. 

7. Child cries out suddenly, and ceases 
just as suddenly. 

8. Pains come on suddenly, last indefi- 
nitely, then cease suddenly. 

9. Great liability to take cold; sensitive 



BELLADONNA. 59 

to drafts of air, especially on uncovering; 
the head, or after cutting" the hair. 

10. Great dryness of all the mucous mem- 
branes, especially of mouth, throat, larynx, 
trachea, and bronchi; cannot swallow fluids. 

IL Dry, hollow cough, aggravated from 
motion, pressure, touch, noise, uncovering 
the head, drafts of air, hot sun, while drink- 
ing, looking at bright objects, and at mid- 
night. 

12. Great dryness of the fauces, with 
hoarseness, aphonia; must swallow often to 
relieve the dryness of the throat. 

13. Fauces very red, with great dryness 
of the throat. 

14. Dry, red tongue and throat, interfering 
with speech. 

15. Sensitiveness of scalp; even pressure 
of the hair causes pain. 

16. Eyes staring, projecting, and spark- 
ling; photophobia; pupils dilated; lids are 
swollen, with violent conjunctivitis. 

17. Skin dry, hot, and scarlet color. 

18. Urine retained, and only passed drop 
by drop, or involuntary discharges of the 
urine. 



60 BELLADONNA. 

19. Pain in abdomen, as if sore and raw; 
or griping, clutching; pains; very tender on 
pressure. 

20. Paralysis of the sphincter vesicae and 
ani. 

2L Peritonitis. The abdomen is swollen 
up like a drum; very sensitive to the touch, 
so much so that the bedclothing has to be 
removed, and the least jarring is intoler- 
able. The abdomen feels extremely hot; 
on raising the bedclothes there appears to 
issue hot steam from the body. 

22. Erysipelatous inflammation of the 
skin; the surface is smooth, shining, and 
tense, with lancinating, stinging pains, asso- 
ciated with much throbbing in the deeper 
parts, and a tendency to cerebral irritation. 

23. Piles, with a feeling as if the back 
would break, so sensitive to the slightest 
touch that the patient has to lie with the 
nates separated. 

24. Great pressure downward in the geni- 
tal organs of women, as if the contents of 
the abdomen would issue through the geni- 
tal organs, worse mornings; the vagina and 
OS uteri are rigid, hot, and dry. 



BELLADONNA. 6l 

25. Breasts feel heavy, are very hard and 
red; acute and sudden inflammation of the 
mammae. (Best remedy we have.) 

26. Glands inflamed, swollen, and indu- 
rated. 

27. Inflammations that come suddenly 
and leave just as suddenly. 

28. Fevers. The skin becomes so hot that 
it almost burns the examining- hand, with a 
great tendency to copious hot, sour per- 
spiration. If you raise the bedclothes there 
seems to come forth a hot steam from the 
patient; the patient soaks everything about 
him with the sweat, and the more he sweats 
the worse he grows. 

29. Best suited to persons of a plethoric 
habit, who are subject to sudden conges- 
tions of blood to the head and to diseases 
of the right side of the body. 

30. For common colds, with hard, dry, 
teasing spasmodic cough, fauces red, dry, 
and swollen, greatly aggravated at night, it 
is the best remedy we have, especially if the 
active principle, Atropine, is used, 3d deci- 
mal trituration. 

3L Aggravation: Afternoons, evenings, 



62 BORAX. 

especially at night, and motion, from the 
least jar of the bed, and touching the parts. 
32. Amelioration: During rest, and in a 
warm room. 

BORAX. 

BIBORATE OF SODA. 

Through the organic nervous system, Borax \\^'s four 
special centers of action : 

Mucous Membranes. Aphthous Infanimatiou. 
Skin. UnhcaltJiy ^ Slight Injuries Suppurate. 
Sexual Organs, Women. Ecbolic ; Stimulates Mens. 
Locally. Powerful Antiseptic and Disi/fecta?it. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. In excessively acid and poorly nour- 
ished people, especially children, Borax will 
produce, at once, an alkaline blood pabu- 
lum, and strike at the cause of the suffering. 

2. Child cannot bear a downward motion, 
not even during sleep; even the downward 
motion of putting it into bed or the cradle 
will surely awaken it, or lifting up its feet to 
put on its diaper. 

3. Cannot bear a downward motion, as in 
a swing, in a rocking-chair, or in running 
down stairs. 



BORAX. 63 

4. Very nervous; cannot sleep well; starts 
at the least noise. 

5. Aphthae that appear suddenly, the 
whole buccal cavity covered with white 
fungous growth; limited to the mouth and 
fauces. 

6. Great heat and dryness of the mouth 
and fauces; the child cannot nurse, the 
aphthous inflammation is so painful. 

7. Sour, greenish diarrhoea; stools largely 
composed of mucus, but sometimes watery; 
associated with colic, and great irritability; 
the irritability is something terrible. 

8. White, albuminous leucorrhoea, feeling 
hot to the patient. 

9. Menses too soon, too profuse, with pain 
extending from stomach to back. 

10. Membranous dysmenorrhoea, with la- 
bor-like pains. 

11. Illy nourished people; flesh soft and 
flabby; the least scratch of the skin be- 
comes a running sore, with great irritability. 

12. Aggravation: Morning, and in warm 
w^eather; on descending; sudden noises. 

13. Amelioration: Evening, and in cold 
weather. 



64 

BRYONIA ALBA. 

WHITE BRYONIA. 

Through the cerel^ro-spinal nervous system, Bryonia 
\i2&four special centers of action : 

Serous Membranes. Rheu7natoid InJ?a7Ji.^' Effusions. 
Mucous Membrane. Arrested Secretions. 
Muscular System. Rheuinatoid Injiamination. 
Circulation. Accelerated, Temperature Elevated. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The sovereign remedy for all inflam- 
mations that have advanced to the stag;e of 
serous effusion. 

2. The great characteristic for Bryonia is 
stitching, tearing pains, greatly aggravated 
by motion, and at night; relieved by rest. 

3. People with a choleric temperament, 
bilious tendency, dark hair and complexion, 
with firm fleshy fiber. 

4. Is exceedingly irritable, everything 
makes him indignant and angry; head 
aches as if it would split open; greatly 
aggravated by motion, opening the eyes, or 
stooping; relieved by pressure, and closing 
the eyes. 

5. Congestion of blood to the head, as if 



BRYONIA ALBA. 65 

the forehead would burst open, with epis- 
taxis. 

6. Eyes very sore and feel as if they 
would be pressed out of the head; face deep 
red color, from cong-estion. 

7. Patient cannot sit up, from nausea and 
faintness. 

8. Lips dry and cracked, has to lick them 
all the time. 

9. Mouth unusually dry, and everything- 
tastes bitter, with much thirst. 

10. Tongue coated white or yellow, dark 
brown, and very dry. 

11. Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as 
if there was a stone in it (from lack of the 
secretion of gastric juice); stomach ex- 
tremely sensitive to pressure; food vomited 
immediately after eating. 

12. Obstinate constipation; stools dry and 
hard, as if burnt. 

13. Diarrhoea and dysentery, brought on 
by cold drinks in hot weather. The Bryo- 
nia patient cannot tolerate the heat of the 
sun. 

14. Inflammation of the liver, with stitch- 
ing pains, greatly aggravated by motion. 



66 BRYONIA ALBA. 

15. Peritonitis; stinging, burning pains; 
abdomen greatly swollen, and very sore to 
the touch. 

16. Muscular rheumatism; muscles swol- 
len, very sore to the touch; greatly aggra- 
vated by the slightest motion. 

17. Inflammation of serous membranes, 
brain, spinal cord, pleura, peritoneum, and 
synovial membranes; high fever, with 
severe stitching, tearing pains, greatly 
aggravated by motion, when exudation has 
taken place. 

18. Typhoid conditions, first stages, with 
high fever; secretions arrested; tongue dry; 
great headache, and feeling as if pounded 
all over; great restlessness, but motion 
aggravates. 

19. Respiratory organs greatly oppressed; 
breathing quick, slow, and unequal, with 
dry, racking cough, and rusty sputa; cannot 
expand the chest, it causes such tearing, 
stitching pains. 

20. Stony hardness of the mammae; very 
sensitive to the least touch or motion; 
patient has high fever, but feels chilly. 

21. Fevers. The patient has constant 



CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS. 67 

high fever, but feels chilly most of the time; 
all the secretions are arrested, and a typhoid 
condition predominates. 

22. Aggravation: Motion; sitting up; 
noises; night, and especially in intensely 
hot weather. 

23. Amelioration: During rest; day-time; 
after perspiration. 

CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS. 

NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Cactus 
has tliree special centei'S of action: 

. ( Stijnulation ; Contraction of Cir- 

Heart, Arteries. \ ^ a , - 1 -r^-r 

( cular Aj'teriai Jr'ibei's. 

Pneumogastric Nerve. Paresis ; Acid Stomach, 

Muscular System. Rh euinato id Injiamination. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Debilitated people, with indigestion, 
sour stomach, and a feeling of constriction, 
o*r as of an iron band, around the heart, 
neck of the bladder, and oesophagus, pre- 
venting their normal action. (Functional, 
not organic.) 

2. Palpitation of the heart day and night; 



68 CALCAREA CARBONICA. 

pulse intermittent and irregular; excessive 
acidity of the stomach, associated with 
melancholy. 

3. Haemoptysis, with excessive palpitation 
of the heart. 

4. Chronic bronchitis; much rattling of 
mucus, and difficulty in breathing. 

5. Rheumatism, with much disturbance 
of the heart. 

6. Aggravation: Morning, evening, and 
from motion. 

7. Amelioration: In open air. 

CALCAREA CARBONICA. 

CARBONATE OF LIME. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Cal- 
carea has six special centers of action : 

Bones. Non- Ossification^ Rachitis^ and Caries. 
Lymphatic Glandular Sys. Atony; Hypertrophy, 
Skin. Atonic^ Flabby^ White; Copious Perspiration. 
Mucous Membranes. Catarrhal Mucorrhcea. 
Blood. Hydrcemia ; AncEinia; Water Increased. 
Sympathetic Nervous System. Atony. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially adapted to constitutional 
diseases in scrofulous people, particularly 



CALCAREA CARBONICA. 69 

women and children of leuco-phlegmatic 
temperament, where the assimilation of the 
digested food and its chang^e into tissue do 
not proceed as they should. 

2. People that are weakly in g;eneral; 
walking; produces great fatigue, especially 
when going" up stairs; is out of breath; has 
to sit down to breathe. 

3. Fair and pale children, the muscles 
soft and flabby; hair dry, looks like tow; 
large, open fontanelles; much perspiration, 
in large drops on the head, which wets 
the pillow far around where the child is 
sleeping. 

4. Tendency to early obesity. "The ac- 
tivity of the lymph glands is not proportional 
to the capacity for assimilation; oxidation 
is imperfect; hence there is a rapid deposit 
of fat in the cellular tissue, especially about 
the abdomen; but tissues are imperfectly 
nourished; though apparently robust, he is 
really sickly; his plethora is apparent; his 
blood is watery, and contains too many 
white corpuscles." — Dr. E. A. Farrington. 

5. Cold, damp air seems to go right 
through the patient, and he is constantly 



*70 CALCAREA CARBONICA. 

taking- cold; much emaciation, and in chil- 
dren with bloated abdomen. 

6. In children with slow, difficult denti- 
tion; delay of the power of walking; and 
fragilitas ossiitm. 

7. The head very easily becomes cold, and 
seems affected thereby; the integuments 
become sensitive with headache. 

8. The feet perspire, and feel constantly 
as if they had on cold, damp stockings. 

9. In children the region over the stomach 
is swollen, and looks like a saucer turned 
bottom up; vomiting of sour matter, with 
extreme hunger. 

10. Severe vertigo on suddenly turning 
the head or ascending a height, as going up 
stairs; head congested. 

11. Toothache when cold air or drinks 
enter the mouth. 

12. Menses too often, too profuse, and 
return too soon; the least excitement causes 
them to return. 

13. Profuse leucorrhoea, like milk, in 
flabby women. 

14 Cough loose, the bronchi are loaded 
with mucus, patient is emaciated, with 



CALENDULA OFFICINALIS. 7l 

constant tendency to take cold; sore pain in 
the chest, as if beaten. 

15. Sour taste in the mouth, or of the food; 
sour vomiting: in children; sour diarrhoea; 
the whole child smells sour, and it strongly 
craves eg:g;s. 

16. Healthy women, with defective lacta- 
tion. 

17. Copious perspiration from slight exer- 
tion. 

18. Aggravation: From cold, damp air, 
especially east w^inds; from getting wet or 
working in cold water; handling cold sub- 
stances; when ascending heights; loss of 
fluids; exertion, physical or mental; from 
touch, and from light. 

19. Amelioration: In dry, warm weather; 
after breakfast, and from loosening the 
garments. 



CALENDULA OFFICINALIS. 

COMMON ENGLISH MARIGOLD. •»• 

Through the cerebro-spinal vaso-motor nervous system, 
Calendula has one special cente?' of action : 

Vaso-Motor vSystem. Arterial Capillaiy Paralysis, 



72 CAMPHOR. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Cut and lacerated wounds heal by first 
intention, in a most marvelous manner, 
when the remedy is used locally and inter- 
nally. Use the cerate, or keep the parts wet 
constantly with a weak solution of the tinc- 
ture. 

CAMPHOR. 

LAURUS CAMPHORA. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Camphor 
has Jive special ceiiters of action : 

„ ^ ( Senso7y and Motor Spasms. 

CEREBRO-bPINAL bvSTEM. ^ ^ , . 

( I-'aralysis. 
Circulation. Stiniitlatcd ; Chilli?iess Predominates, 
Digestive Organs. Sti?nuIation. 
Urinary Ougans. Strangury ; Retention of Urine. 
Sexual Organs. Incr, Desire; Co?nplete Impotence, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Great coldness of the external surface, 
with sudden and complete prostration of the 
vital forces; long-lasting chills; extremities 
cold and blue, with cramps. 

2. Skin cold as marble; cannot bear to be 
covered; features distorted; eyes sunken; 



CAMPHOR. 73 

great anguish, as though he would suffocate; 
stupid groans and moans; ratthng in the 
throat; hot breath; husky voice; burning in 
the stomach; cramps in the legs, with great 
faintness. 

3. Tongue, mouth, and breath cold. 

4. Copious watery stools; great prostra- 
tion, and coldness of the surface; first stages 
of cholera infantum; cholera, with watery 
diarrhoea. 

5. Urine scanty, and deep red; retention 
of urine; strangury. 

6. Excited, and great sexual desire. 
(Large doses.) 

" 7. Suffocative catarrh, with paresis of the 
lungs. (First stage.) 

8. Sudden retrocession of eruptions; cold 
skin, and great prostration. 

9. Antidotes almost all vegetable poisons. 

10. Aggravation: From cold, or cold, 
damp air; motion, and at night. 

* II. Amelioration: From warm air in gen- 
eral; open air. 



74 

CANNABIS SATIVA. 

HEMP. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Cannabis 
has tzvo special centers of action: 

Mucous Memb. (URETirRAL.) Acute Inflammation, 
Brain. Coi2gestio7t j Stupor ^ Intoxication. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Sub-acute stage of gonorrhoea, with 
copious, thick mucous discharge; violent 
burning pain in the urethra during and after 
urination; walks with his legs wide apart. 
This is the best known remedy we have in 
gonorrhoea. After the acute stage has been 
subdued by Aconite, the proper field iFor 
Cannabis is the sub-acute stage. If not suf- 
ficient to complete the cure, use Copaiba. 

2. Over-sexual excitement in either sex. 

3. Mucorrhoea of the lungs in bronchitis. 

4. Aggravation: During forenoon; urina- 
tion; warmth and motion. 

5. Amelioration: Cold air, and evening. 



75 

CANTHARIDES. 



SPANISH FLY. 



Through the cercbro-spinal nervous system, Canthari- 
des has seven special centei's of action : 

IMucous Membranes. (Urethral.) Viole7it Injlam, 
Sexual Organs, hiflam.; Excessive Sexual Desire, 
Gastro-Int. Canal. Violent Injlani.^ JSIouth to A?tus, 
Serous Membranes. Plastic Injlammation. 
Skin. Violent Acute Vesiciclar Tnjlammaticn, 
Gland. S. (Saliv., Testicles, Ovaries.) Injlam, 
Cerebro- Spinal System. Injlaiiunation ; Spasms. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great key for the use of this drug" 
is found in the urinary organs, as shown by 
the constant desire to urinate, with complete 
strangury; the tenesmus vesicae is fearful. 

2. Urine high-colored, scanty, with con- 
stant desire to void it, but only passes a few 
drops at a time, associated with intense 
burning pain; urine bloody. 

3. Scanty, high-colored, and albummous 
urine, loaded with casts and epithelial cells; 
severe strangury. 

4. Pain in the loins, kidneys, and abdo- 
men, with so much pain on urinating that 
he could not pass a single drop without 
screaming. 



76 CANTHARIDES. 

5. Strong and persistent erections; pain- 
ful priapisms, with excessive desire for 
coition. 

6. Violent itching in the vagina; swelling 
of the vulva; intense pruritus and sexual 
desire. 

7. The thought of drinking, the sound of 
running water, or touching the larynx pro- 
duces spasms. 

8. Mucous membranes red and covered 
with vesicles. 

9. Burning pain in the mouth, throat, and 
stomach, with copious salivation; throat 
feels on fire. 

10. Stools like the scrapings of the mu- 
cous membranes, mixed with blood; urine 
burning and scanty. 

11. Chronic eczema, the body seems to 
be one raw sore, with vesication; elephan- 
tiasis. 

12. Inflammation of serous membranes, 
with severe stitching pains; destructive in- 
flammations. 

13. Aggravation: Drinking cold water; 
during and after urinating. 

14. Amelioration: Friction and warmth. 



77 

CAPSICUM ANNUUM. 

CAYENNE PEPPER. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Capsicum 
has two special centei's of action : 

Mucous Memb. Acrid Irritant. Congestion; I ?ifiam. 
Spinal Cord. (Posterior.) Excessive Chilliness. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. ** Its extraordinary power to control 
the capillary circulation, to bring excess of 
blood [to the mucous surfaces], and then to 
scatter more than it has brought, enables it 
to remove congestion as promptly and as 
effectually as Belladonna." — Marcy and 
Hunt. 

2. Smarting, burning pains in the mucous 
membranes, as though Cayenne pepper 
were sprinkled over them. 

3. Excessive burning and soreness in the 
mouth and fauces; the mucous membrane 
dark red, and greatly congested. 

* 4. In tonsillitis and diphtheria, it is one of 
the best gargles we have; and in chronic 
catarrh, used once a day, ten to twenty 
drops in warm water, as a gargle, nothing 
can equal it. 



78 CARBO ANIMALIS. 

5. Atonic dyspepsia, relaxed mucous 
membrane; much flatulence; cold stomach. 

6. Mucous diarrhoea; enormous disten- 
tion of the abdomen with gas; burning in 
the rectum, with tenesmus; thirsty after 
stool, and, after drinking, great chilliness. 

7. Fever, where chilliness predominates. 

8. Intense burning in the urethra; unsuc- 
cessful desire to urinate. 

9. People with lax fiber, who do not 
respond well to medicine, from impaired 
digestion. 

10. Aggravation: Cold atmosphere; from 
eating and drinking; at night. 

11. Amelioration: Continuous exercise; 
warmth, and during the day. 



CARBO ANIMALIS. 

ANIMAL CHARCOAL. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Carbo 
animaUs has three special centej'S of action : 

Lymphatic Glands. Indui-ation ; Secretions Putrid. 

Digestive Organs. Indigestion ; Atoity. 

Skin. Acne; Copper- Colored Eruptions ; Boils, 



CARBO ANIMALIS. 79 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1 . People with enlarged, indurated glands ; 
fetid discharges, accompanied with great 
prostration. Putridity predominates. 

2. Earthy, copper-colored face and body. 

3. Teeth very sensitive to cold air; loose, 
and bleed much. 

4. Weak, sore, empty feeling in the epi- 
gastrium. 

5. In all female diseases, great prostra- 
tion, can hardly sit up; during menstruation, 
so weak can hardly speak. Menses too 
early, with excessive exhaustion. 

6. Watery, offensive, acid leucorrhoea; 
much fetor, and exhaustion. 

7. Great desire to be alone, sad, and 
avoids conversation. 

8. Offensive, exhausting sweat at night; 
colors the linen yellow. 

9. Great weakness of the ankles when 
walking. 

10. Aggravation: From cold; in bed; 
after midnight. 

11. Amelioration: From warmth; during 
the day. 



8o 

CARBO VEGETABILIS. 

VEGETABLE CHARCOAL. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Carbo 
vegetabiUs has three special centers of action : 

Mucous Membranes. Atony and Mucorrhoca. 

Secretio7is Acid, Foul. 



Glandular System. . ,^ . ^ , , 

) (Lymphatics.) Jbnlarged. 

Blood. Septic; Toxconic Condition, 



GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Secretions excessively foul in adynamic 
diseases; great prostration; hippocratic face, 
cold breath, and cold limbs in bed; abdo- 
men filled to repletion with gas. 

2. Patient wants more air, wants to be 
fanned all the time. 

3. Gums spongy, and bleed from the 
slightest contact. 

4. The most innocent food disagrees. 

5. When eating or drinking, sensation as 
if the stomach and abdomen would burst 
from great accumulation of gas. 

6. Stomach distended by the simplest 
food, with spasmodic pains. 

7. Constant and unceasing emissions of 
flatulence by the rectum. 



CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES. 8l 

8. Tendency to a slimy, faecal, and fetid 
diarrhoea. 

9. Leucorrhoea acid, excoriating the parts. 

10. Deep, rough, hoarse voice. 

11. Greenish, fetid expectoration; in ca- 
chectic people, where there is a tendency for 
the chest to perspire; easily take cold. 

12. Much bleeding from the nose. 

13. The hat seems to be a great weight; 
head seems bound up after removing the 
hat; visions of black, floating spots. 

14. Icy coldness of the parts; have a livid, 
purple look. 

15. Aggravation: Morning; warm, damp 
weather; fat food. 

16. Amelioration: Evening; cool air, and 
eructations of gas. 



CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES. 

BLUE COHOSH. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Caulophyl- 
lum has two special cente7's of actioit : 

Uterus. Motor St{?mila?it / Hysterical Hypercest hesia* 
Muscular System. Rheumatoid InJlammatio?i, 



82 CHAMOMILLA. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Nervous, hysterical women, with 
irregular, spasmodic pains during menstrua- 
tion or labor; spasmodic affections gen- 
erally, and false labor-pains. 

2. Abortion, pains are irregular and 
spasmodic; the motor power of the uterus 
seems almost entirely gone. 

3. Hysterical women, with rheumatism of 
the uterus and ovaries. 

4. Articular rheumatism of small joints. 

5. Aggravation: Open air; afternoon and 
evening. 

6. Amehoration: Warm room, and morn- 
ing. 

CHAMOMILLA. 

MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Chamo- 
milla has three special centers of action : 

Spinal Cord. Hyferccsthesia of Seittient Nerve Fila. 

Liver. Po7'tal Congestion. 

Digestive Organs. Torpidity and Excessive Acidity. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Acid patients, that are excessively 



CHAMOMILLA. 83 

irritable; snappish, spiteful, fretful; can- 
not give a civil answer; always out of 
humor. 

2. Become almost furious about pains; 
headstrong even unto quarreling; cannot 
speak a pleasant word. 

3. Child is excessively fretful; must be 
carried all the time; wants different things, 
and repels them when they are offered; too 
ugly to live. 

4. In children, one cheek red and the 
other pale. Fretfulness in children almost 
always depends on the state of the ab- 
dominal functions. The sour breath, the 
flushed cheek, the green stools, and colicky 
pains all point to excessive acidity of the 
abdominal organs. 

5. Stools green as grass, like eggs and 
spinach, from excessive acidity. 

6. Severe colic; abdomen distended like 
^ drum; sour diarrhoea, smelling like rotten 
eggs, corroding the anus. ' 

7. Profuse discharge of clotted blood, 
with labor pains in uterus; excessive rest- 
lessness and irritability; becomes furious 
about the pains. 



84 CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA. 

8. Inflammation, brought on from a fit 
of passion; over-sensitive to open air. 

9. Soles of the feet burn; has to put them 
out of bed. 

10. Violent rheumatic pams at night, can- 
not bear them, drive him out of bed; is 
fearfully irritable. 

11. Aggravation: From anger, cold, and 
at night. 

12. Amelioration: Warm, wet weather; 
coffee, and fasting. 



CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA. 

PIPSISSEWA. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, 
Chimaphila has two special centc7's of action: 

Lymphatics and Mamm^:. Atrophied. 
Bladder. Catan^hal Injiamfnation, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Great quantities of fetid mucus in the 
urine, accompanied by vesical tenesmus, 
with frequent inclination to urinate. 

2. Chronic vesical and renal troubles, with 



CHLOROFORMUM. 85 

an enormous amount of ropy mucous sedi- 
ment in the urine. 

3. Renal dropsy, especially after scarla- 
tina; urine very scanty. 

4. Atrophy of the mammae (similar to 
Iodine); scrofulous people. 



CHLOROFORMUM. 

CHLOROFORM. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Chloro- 
form has seven special centers of action : 

Cerebro-Sp. Sys. Seiis. and Mot. Paral. ; Ancesthesia. 
Pneumogastrics. Paralysis of Respiratory Ccizters. 
CiRC. Vaso- Motor Par aL, Arterial Pressure Lowered. 
Heart. Paralysis., and Death by Syjtcope. 
Blood. Contraction and D is solutio7i of Red Corpuscles. 
Muscular System. Co??iplete Muscular Paralysis. 
Eye, First., Picpil Dilated; Ancesthetic Stage^ Contr. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The g-reat use of Chloroform is as an 
AncBsthetic ; i. e., to produce insensibility to 
pain in surgical operations. 

2. Chloroform narcosis. To resuscitate 
the patient, nothing" equals forcible dilata- 
tion of the anus. 



86 

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA. 

BLACK COHOSH. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Cimicifuga 
has three special centers of actio?! : 

„ f> r> ( Rheutnatic Hyper cemia. 

CEREBRO-bPINAL bYS. J _, _, ^ ^, . 

( Lhorea; Jr'aralysis. 

CiRC. Febrile Irritatio7i ; Heart Irregular^ Peeblc. 

^ „ T^ ( Rxcito-Motor. 

Sexual Organs, Female. ^ „, . ^^ , , 

( Kheu7natic Hypercesthesia. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Hysterical hyperaesthesia of a rheu- 
matic character, in delicate females afflicted 
with ovario-uterine disease. 

2. Profound melancholy predominates, 
with sighing, and severe headache. 

3. Tremors over the body, with nervous 
shuddering; excessive restlessness and 
twitching. 

4. Neuralgic and rheumatic affections of 
the uterus and ovaries, with bearing-down 
pains, and profound melancholy. 

5. Nervous irritation of the ovaries; they 
are excessively tender when touched, pro- 
ducing amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, men- 
orrhagia, and great excitability, with spas- 
modic pains. 



CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA. 8? 

6. All the pains in the head are from 
within outward, more in the vertex and 
occiput, often extending down the spine, 
associated with great heat, and hysterical 
restlessness. 

7. Intense and persistent sore, aching 
pains in the eyeballs. 

8. Chorea; trembling, spasmodic action 
of the weakened muscles. 

9. Obstinate insomnia, irritability, and de- 
sire for solitude. 

10. Excessive muscular soreness in all the 
limbs, with violent pain in small of the back, 
and great melancholia. Muscular rheuma- 
tism predominates. 

11. Aggravation: Morning; motion; cold 
air, and during menstruation. 

12. Amelioration: Rest; open, warm air; 
warmth in general. 



88 

CINA. 

WORM-SEED. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Cina 
(especially Santonine) has ^i^^ special centers of action: 

Cerebro-Spinal Sys. Convulsions ; Coma. 
Eyes. JMydriasis / Xanthofsiaj Hypei'ccsthesia. 
Digestive Org. Pai'asiticide. Irritation ; Hypercemia, 
Kidneys. HypercE}nia; Hemorrhage, 
Bladder. Sphincter Paresis. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially for children troubled with 
worms; absolutely specific for lumbricoides. 
Children that are exceedingly unamiable; 
nothing pleases them; fretting and crying 
constantly; too cross to live. 

2. Cannot be quieted by any persuasions; 
proof against all caresses; wake in a fright, 
scream, and tremble. 

3. Face pale, cold, bluish white about the 
mouth; picks and bores into the nose until 
the blood comes. 

4. Grinding of the teeth and tossing about 
during sleep; always cross when awake. 

5. Sensation as if there was a ball rising 
in the throat, that causes a frequent disposi- 
tion to swallow. 



CINA. §9 

6. Tongue red on the edges, showing- 
prominent, large papillae, or coated brown. 

7. Child is constantly hungry; wants to 
eat all the time. 

8. Belly hard and distended; frequent 
colicky pains; mucous stools, often mixed 
with lumbrici. 

9. Great itching of the anus at night, with 
restlessness. 

10. Enuresis at night, from worms; have 
great difficulty in holding their water at 
night; wet the bed constantly, which turns 
the sheets yellow. 

11. Urine turns milky after standing a 
little; saffron colored; becomes turbid in a 
few minutes. 

12. Hoarse, gagging, croupy, nervous 
cough, lasting for months, caused by worms. 

13. Convulsions in children from worms, 
associated with many nervous symptoms. 

14. Urticaria from parasitic irritation of 
ttie intestines. 

15. Worm fever; burning heat of the 
whole body; jerking of the muscles; fre- 
quent violent spasms; pupils widely dilated, 
and child exceedingly nervous. 



QO CITsiCHONA. 

i6. Aggravation: Night; when crossed 
the least, even looked at; when yawning", 
and external pressure. 

17. Amelioration: During the day; cold, 
and motion. 



CINCHONA. 

PERUVIAN BARK. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Cinchona 
has eighteen special centers of action : 

Brain. Intense Hypercemia; Burst. Headache ; Coma, 
Auditory Nerve. Paral.; Sing.^ Buzz.^ Deafness. 
Eyes. Mydriasis ; A?naurosis. 

Trigeminus. Hypercesthesia ; Intermittent Neuralgia. 
Spine. (Anterior.) Convulsions ^ Paralysis. 
Vagi. Tonic. Paresis ; Slow Digestion. 
Lungs. Venous Congestio?t; Dyspnoea; Ancemia. 
Spleen. Venous IIyperce7nia; Hyperfy ; IIydrce?nia. 
Liver. Paresis; Chronic Congestion; faundice. 
Kidneys. Urea and Uric Acid Greatly Diminished. 
Sexual O., Male. Debility ; Imp.; JExhaust. Pollut. 
Sexual O., Fem. Debility ; Metrorrhagia ; Pollufns. 
Muscular Sys. Ancemia; Paresis ; hitermit. Myalgia. 
Skin. Ac7ie; Hydrcemia; Anasarca. 
Blood. Ancemia; Pibrifie Increased. 
CiRC. Tonic. Cardiac and V^aso-Molor Paralysis. 
Temperature. First Increased^ then Lowered. 
Antiseptic. Arrests Permentation with GrU Rapidity. 



CINCHONA. Qi 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The system has been greatly debiHtated 
by the loss of vital fluids, especially of 
blood, semen, or by diarrhoea, over-lacta- 
tion, or copious night sweats. 

2. In all diseases calling for Cinchona, 
periodicity is the greatest feature; symp- 
toms are intermittent, patient worse every 
day, or at a certain hour every other day. 

3. The least draft of air causes great 
suffering"; slightest contact or motion causes 
great aggravation of the pain. 

4. Malarial intermittents. The three 
stages are well marked, and the cases are 
of recent origin, not chronic. 

5. Congestive, throbbing headache, as if 
the brain would burst, with singing", roaring, 
hissing" noises in the ears, after excessive 
hemorrhage, or loss of vital fluids; aggra- 
vated by a draft of air, in the open air, or 
the slightest contact; relieved by pressure. 

*6. Restlessness at night; he lies awake 
all night, restless and miserable, from con- 
gestion of blood to the head; is greatly de- 
pressed in spirits, too despondent to live; is 
filled full of malaria. 



92 CINCHONA. 

7. Sensitiveness of all the nerves, with 
general weakness. 

8. Complete deafness, from malaria, or 
loss of vital fluids. 

9. Bitter taste, with thick yellow coating 
on the tongue, and great longing for acids; 
in malarial diseases. 

10. Canine hunger, or complete loss of 
appetite. 

11. Stomach excessively acid, with sour 
vomiting, and greatly distended with gas. 

12. Enormous distention of the abdomen, 
feels packed full of gas, as if stuffed, not 
relieved by eructations or dejections. 

13. Violent thirst for cold water; drinks 
little at a time, but often. 

14. Watery, sour diarrhoea, or of undi- 
gested food, mostly at night. 

15. Urine dark, yellow, and scanty; 
throws down brick-dust sediment. 

16. Nocturnal emissions that produce 
great debility and sadness. 

17. Menses too profuse; abdomen greatly 
distended with gas; cannot bear to be 
touched; metrorrhagia where a great 
amount of blood has been lost, with fainting. 



CINCHONA. 93 

i8. Congestion or neuralgia of any part 
of the body, with well-marked periodicity, 
worse every, or every other day, or by con- 
tact. 

19. Copious, weakening" night sweats. 

20. Intermittent fever, paroxysms come 
on a little earlier every day, or every other 
day; the three stages are sharply marked, — 
chill, fever, and sweat; there must be co- 
pious perspiration following the chill and 
fever, or China, or its Alkaloid, Quinine, will 
be utterly useless; and, as a rule, chronic 
cases are only aggravated by this remedy. 

21. Jaundice from malaria is strongly 
marked, often with bilious vomiting. Has 
acted well in gallstones as a prophylactic. 

22. Acute neuralgia, aggravated by con- 
tact. 

23. Aggravation: From slightest touch; 
draft of air; from cold; motion; eating or 
drinking; mental exertion; from loss of 
vital fluids; every other day, and at night. 

24. Amelioration: From warmth; after- 
noon, and during rest. 



94 COCAINE. 

CINNAMOMUM. 

CASSIA CORTEX. 

Through the cerebro-spinal system, Cinnamon has one 
special center of action : 

Muse. Sys. (Non-Striated.) Blood- Vessels Stim. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. In menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, and 
uterine hemorrhage, it is of great value. 
(As a decoction.) 

COCAINE. 

FROM ERYTHROXYLON COCA. 

Through the cerebro-spinal system, Cocaine has eight 
special centei's of actio?i : 

Cerebrum. Highly Stimulated. 

vSpinal Cord. Sensory Nerve I^ilaments Paralyzed. 

Vagi. First., Stimulation^ Second., Paralysis. 

Mucous Membranes. Complete Ancesthesia. 

Heart. Greatly Stimulated. 

Arterioles. Active Coiztr action. 

Eye. (Locally.) Complete A?zcEsthesia; Mydriasis. 

Kidneys. Slightly Stiinulated. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. As a local anaesthetic, the Hydrochlo- 
rate of Cocaine is the most useful remedy 



COCAINE. 95 

ever discovered in all surg-ical operations 
involving the mucous membrane of any 
part of the body, particularly that of the 
eye, nose, mouth, ear, g:enito-urinary organs, 
and rectum, as well as in many minor sur- 
gical operations. 

2. As a local anaesthetic in ophthalmology, 
a two to four per cent, solution is instilled 
into the conjunctiva, three or four times, at 
intervals of five minutes, when the conjunc- 
tiva and the whole eye can be operated on 
without pain. 

3. On the nasal mucous membrane, after 
it is thoroughly cleansed, use a four per cent, 
solution. 

4. On the throat and larynx, use from a 
two to four per cent, solution. 

5. In hay asthma, a four per cent, solution 
in the nostrils is of great value ; apply on lint. 

6. Otalgia. A four per cent, solution on 
cotton will arrest it at once. 

7. Upon the genito-urinary organs, use 
from a two to four per cent, solution; of 
great value in catheterization; in pruritus 
vulvae and vaginismus its local use cannot 
be dispensed with. 



q6 cocaine. 

8. In rectal surgery, use a four per cent, 
solution. 

9. To anaesthetize the skin, apply Cocaine 
with the positive electrode over the part de- 
sired, the negative being placed on some 
other part of the body, or inject hypoder- 
mically a two per cent, solution. 

10. As an antidote to Morphine, this drug 
is of great value. 

11. Internally, the 2nd or 3d decimal of 
Cocaine is one of the best haemostatics 
known; for haemoptysis, haematemesis, met- 
rorrhagia, and hemorrhages of the bowels. 

12. Chorea, paralysis agitans, alcoholic 
tremors, and senile trembling. Cocaine 
internally is extremely valuable. 

13. Cocaine should never be used in cases 
of heart or lung disease, or in persons of a 
very nervous temperament. During injec- 
tion the patient should always be in a recum- 
bent position, until anaesthesia is complete. 
The intradermic method is preferable to the 
hypodermic; by injecting into, not under, 
the mucous membrane or skin, the risk of 
entering a blood-vessel is avoided. 



97 
COCCULUS INDICUS. 

SEEDS OF ANAMIRTA COCCULUS. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, CoccuUis 
has three special centers of action : 

Cerebro-Sp. Sys. (Mot.) Convulsions ; Paralysis, 

Vagi. V^iolent Eniesis ; Syncope. 

Ovario-Uterine Organs. Hyperccsthesia; Spasms, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Excessive prostration of the animal 
nervous system; the patient is too weak to 
even talk aloud. 

2. Especially suited to hysterical women 
and nervous children, afflicted with spas- 
modic diseases that have their origin in the 
motor tract of the cranio-spinal axis, from 
the corpora striata to the cauda equina. 

3. Sneaking, insidious nervous fevers, with 
nausea and faintness; the nausea is felt from 
the epigastrium to the throat, with a sensa- 
tion of constriction around the waist; aggra- 
vated by eating, drinking, motion, mental 
exertion, and in the open air. 

4. Great intolerance of fresh air; in fact, 
all the functions of animal life are pros- 
trated, and intolerant to any stimulus; 



gS COCCULUS INDICUS. 

constant disposition to sleep; in the morning 
still sleepy. 

5. Vertigo on rising up in bed, with nau- 
sea, compelling him to lie down as from 
intoxication, with a feeling as if a board was 
across the forehead, and trembling of the 
head. 

6. Griping in the upper epigastrium, taking 
away the breath. 

7. Seasickness with nausea and vomiting 
when riding in a wagon, cars, or boat; much 
vertigo, great prostration and fainting. 

8. Abdomen distended by flatulence, with 
griping pains, in nervous people. 

g. Menstruation too early, with distention 
of the abdomen, and colicky pains during 
every motion. 

10. Trembling of the hands; the knees 
threaten to sink from weakness; feet and 
hands alternately asleep. 

11. Locally, the ointment has long been 
used for the destruction of pediculi on the 
hairy portions of the body, especially the 
genitals. 

12. Aggravation: By motion on a boat, in 
cars, or wagon; by the exertion of eating, 



COFFEA CRUDA. QQ 

drinking", talking", smoking-; especially by 
cold air. 

13. Amelioration: Warm air, after sweat- 
ing", and at nig:ht. 



COFFEA CRUDA. 

ARABIAN COFFEE. "^ 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Coffea has 
seven special ce7zters of actioii : 

Cerebrum. Mentality StiiJi'lafd; Obstinate htsomnia. 
Cord. (Post.) Sensory JVerve Filaments Paralyzed, 
Circulation. Yaso-Mot. StimuVn^ Incr. BVd-Press. 
Vagi. Respiratory Center Powei-fiilly Stimulated. 
Digestive Orgs. First Stimulation^ tJie7i Prostration, 

Greatly Stimulated, 



Kidneys. (Arterial.) ,- , tt t^- • - j ^ 

^ \ JDiureticj Urea Uiminished. 

Sexual Organs. Great Excitement ; Paresis^ 



GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The pains are insupportable; feels them 
most intensely; cannot bear to be touched, 
the parts are so sensitive. 

2. Great sensitiveness, with general excit- 
ability. 

3. Ecstasy, full of ideas, quick to act; can- 
not sleep on that account; the physical 



100 COFFEA CRUDA. 

system is so exalted that it seems almost 
transported, the ecstasy is so great. 

4. All the senses are greatly increased, 
particularly hearing, smelling, taste, and 
touch. 

5. Adapted to neurotic diseases, in peo- 
ple with a nervous-sanguine temperament; 
especially if caused by sudden joy or violent 
emotions. 

6. Headache as if a nail were driven into 
the brain, worse in open air. 

7. Headache as if it would fly to pieces, 
aggravated by noise and light. 

8. Great hunger before dinner, with hasty 
eating. 

9. Burning, sour eructations; tension of 
the stomach, which is very sensitive to the 
touch. 

10. Colic so painful as to drive the patient 
mad. 

1 1 Constipation alternately with a watery 
diarrhoea; spasms of the sphincter ani. 

12. Profuse flow of watery, nervous urine, 

13. Great sensitiveness of the female or- 
gans of generation; they itch voluptuously; 
cannot bear to have them touched. 



COFFEA CRUDA. lOI 

14. Intercourse in women is extremely 
painful to them. 

15. Copious menorrhagia, with c^reat sen- 
sitiveness of the org-ans to touch. 

16. Pains of labor are insupportable; la- 
ments and weeps fearfully. 

17. Male sexual org-ans are greatly ex- 
cited. 

18. Trembling of the hands, with heat in 
the palms. 

19. In cardiac dropsy two grains of Caf- 
feine act with great rapidity as a diuretic 
and tonic. 

20. Great sensitiveness to cold, chill pre- 
dominating*. 

21. Aggravation: Open cold air; strong 
smells; touch; noise, and excessive joy. 

22. Amelioration: From warmth; rest, 
and evenings. 



COLCHICUM AUTUMHALE. 

MEADOW SAFFRON. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Colchicum 
has s/x special centers of action : 

Gastro-Int. C. Violent Einesis and Catha7'sis ; Injlam. 
Kidneys. Congestion ^ Injlam. j Phosphates Increased. 
Liver. Congestion j Increased Biliaiy Secretion. 
Spinal Cord. Hypercesthesia ; Convulsions ; Paresis, 
Fibrous Tissue ; Serous Mem. Rheumatoid Injlam. 
Skin, Diaphoresis ; Hyper(Esthesia. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Arthritic or rheumatic diathesis; sub- 
acute and chronic rheumatism affecting the 
muscles and joints; great muscular weak- 
ness; diminution of vital heat, and great 
vital atony. Specific for gout. 

2. Debility and paralytic weakness are 
very suggestive of the anaesthetic type; 
affected parts exceedingly painful; the skin 
looks rose-colored, and leaves a white spot 
under the finger pressure. 

3. In warm weather the tearing pains 
are felt more at the surface of the body; as 
the air grows colder they seem to penetrate 
the deeper tissues and the bones. 

4. Arthritic or neuralgic inflammation of 

102 



COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE. I63 

the intestinal canal where the mucous mem- 
brane is mainly involved. 

5. Sero-mucous vomiting; and rice-water 
stools, thrown off with great force, with 
cramps of the abdominal muscles and of the 
flexors of the arms and feet; sunken feat- 
ures; worse in hot, damp weather. 

6. Cold surface, tongue, and breath; skin 
mottled and bluish nails. 

7. Sudden sinking of the vital forces; if 
the patient is raised up, the head falls back- 
ward, and the mouth opens wide. 

8. Tenesmus, with only a little faeces at 
first, then transparent mucus, and blood, 
with relief of colic; stools contain many 
white shreds, with great exhaustion. 

9. Great appetite, wants different things; 
but, as soon as he sees them, or, still more, 
smells them, he shudders from nausea, and 
cannot eat. 

10. Thirst unquenchable; great distention 
of the abdomen. 

11. Urine dark, scanty, resembling brick- 
dust; or bloody, with rheumatic pains in the 
lumbar region, extending down the thighs. 

12. Body very weak, sore, and sensitive 



104 COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS. 

throughout; arms and legs are paralyzed; 
patient can hardly walk, especially gouty 
subjects. 

13. Dropsical effusions in gouty, rheu- 
matic people. 

14. Dyspnoea, with oedema of the extrem- 
ities, from heart or kidneys. 

15- Aggravation: Pains are greatly ag- 
gravated in damp, warm weather; at night; 
mental exertion or emotion, and by motion. 

16. Amelioration: During repose and in- 
spiration. 



COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS. 

STONE ROOT. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, ColHnsonia 
has three special ce7tters of action: 

Gastro-Intest. C. Po7'tal Congestion; Hcemoi-rhoids. 

Kidneys. Increased Blood- Pressure ; Diuresis. 

CiR. Heart Tonic. (Veins.) Varicosis ; Hiemor'^ds, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. The great sphere of Collinsonia is in 
neurosis of the bowels where pain is very 
prominent, especially in diseases of the 



COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS. IDS 

rectum, such as constipation, haemorrhoids, 
diarrhoea, and dysentery. 

2. Passive congestion, constipation and 
haemorrhoids, with sensation in the rectum 
as if sticks, sand, or gravel had lodged there. 

3. Old, obstinate haemorrhoids, with se- 
vere weight in the anus. 

4. Chronic diarrhoea; stools mucous or 
bloody; severe colicky pains. 

5. Copious watery stools, with nausea and 
fainting. 

6. Haemorrhages, blood dark, with con- 
stipation. 

7. Irritable heart, rapid and irregular beat- 
ing; aggravated by motion, excitement; at- 
tacks of syncope; faintness; dyspnoea and 
prostration, with constipation and haemor- 
rhoids. 

8. Varicosis in any part of the body. 

9. Aggravation: Open air; afternoon and 
eyening. 

10. Amelioration: Warm air, and by rest. 



COLOCYNTHIS. 

BITTER CUCUMBER. 

Through the nervous gangUa in the muscular coats of 
the intestines (Auerbach's plexus), Colocynth has four 
special centers of action : 

Gastro-Intest. C Violent Hydragogue Cathartic. 
Intestinal Mucous Membrane. Violeiit Infam, 
Peritoneum. Congestion; Inflammation. 
Spinal Cord, (Post'r.) Hypercesthesia; Neuralgia. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great sphere of Colocynth Hes 
among the neuroses where pain is the most 
prominent symptom, and its greatest 
triumphs have been in acute sciatica and 
cohc. 

2. Agonizing coHcky pain in the abdomen, 
causing the patient to bend over double to 
get relief, with great restlessness and moan- 
ing. 

3. Colic so distressing that they seek 
relief by pressing something hard against 
the abdomen; feeling around the navel as if 
the intestines were being squeezed between 
stones; patient bent double, and very angry. 

4. Bloody diarrhoea, with violent colicky 

106 



COLOCYNTHIS. I07 

pains, aggravated by taking food or drink; 
located in the small intestines. 

5. Inflammation of the bowels, with much 
colicky pain, intestines glued together by 
fresh formation of lymph. 

6. Dysentery, where the disease is located 
in the small intestines; stools of mucus and 
blood, more colicky pains than tenesmus; 
taking food or drink renews desire for stool. 

7. Green watery morning diarrhoea, with 
urging to urinate. 

8. Sticking pain, now in the right, and 
now in the left, ovarian region. 

9. Neurosis of the fifth pair of nerves; the 
pains are severe and tearing, with heat, 
swelling and much restlessness, increased 
by touch and motion, better from rest and 
warmth. 

10. The nerves about the hip-joint suffer 
most severely; the pains are of a shooting 
and cutting kind, that run like lightning 
from the hip to the knee, more on the right 
side, much worse at night. (Acts better in 
acute cases.) 

11. Muscles of the body often become 
painfully cramped. 



I08 CONIUM MACULATUM, 

12. In choleric, rheumatic, g-outy temper- 
aments, following grief. 

13- Aggravation: From mental trouble, 
anger, mortification; at night; from eating, 
drinking, and motion. 

14. Amelioration: By being bent over 
double, with the head bent forward; hard 
pressure on the bowels; coffee and smoking. 



CONIUM MACULATUM. 

POISON HEMLOCK. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Conium 
has six special centers of actio?! : 



I:; 



^ ^ f. , Motor JV. Pilai7ients Paralyzed, 

Cerebro-Spinal Sys. 1 , ^ . ^ 

Muscular Paresis. 

Eyes. Mydriasis , Oculo-Motor Paralysis. 

Circulation. Arterial Blood-Pressure Lessened. 

Temperature. Depressed. 

Urinary Org. Sphinc. Vesicce PUyzed; Urine Viscid. 

Gland. S. (Mamm.*:7 Ovaries, Testes.) Atroph'*d. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Adapted to the debility of old people, 
to diseases caused by a blow or fall, and 
to cancerous, scrofulous people with tight, 
rigid fiber. 



CONIUM MACULALUM. lOQ 

2. Much troubled with vertigo, particu- 
larly when lying down, especially when 
turning over in bed. 

3. Great concern about little things; easily 
excited; dreads being alone, but avoids 
society. 

4. Mental effort produces great prostra- 
tion; morose, out of humor; pain in occiput 
with every pulsation, as if pierced with a 
knife; head too full of blood. 

5. Lips and teeth have black crusts on 
them. 

6. Vomiting that looks like black coffee- 
grounds, in cancerous subjects, with much 
distention of the abdomen. 

7. Constipation, with ineffectual urging 
to stool, frequent stitches in the anus be- 
tween stools, and great vertigo on lying 
down. 

8. Great difficulty in voiding urine; it 
flows and stops again, then flows and stops 
again at each emission. 

9. Sexual organs very irritable; frequent 
emissions without erections, with induration 
of the testicles. 

10. Great soreness and swelling of the 



no CONIUM MACULATUM. 

breasts preceding menstruation, greatly ag- 
gravated by walking or the least jar. 

11. Induration of the breasts; hard as a 
stone. 

12. Shriveling of the breasts, with in- 
creased sexual desire. 

13. Ovaries indurated and greatly en- 
larged. 

14. Scanty menstruation, and very painful. 

15. Burning, aching, sore pain in uterus; 
rigid OS, with stinging pains; induration and 
ulceration of the os uteri; excoriating leu- 
corrhoea. 

16. Spasmodic, dry, teasing cough, worse 
in the evening and especially at night; on 
lying down the patient coughs continually, 
producing great fatigue; there seems to be 
a dry spot in the larynx. 

17. Aggravation: At night, during rest; 
the cough and the dizziness are sure to be 
aggravated by lying down, or rising up in 
bed, looking around, and from cold air. 

18. Amelioration: From continued mo- 
tion; in the dark, and in dry, warm weather. 



COPAIBA. 

COPAIBA BALSAM. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Copaiba 
has foiir special centers of action : 

Mucous Membranes. Inflammation ^ Mucorrhoea. 
Digestive Org. Slow Digestion; Intestinal Catarrh. 
Skin. Urticaria ; Roseola; Maculce ; CEdema. 
Cerebro- Spinal System. Convulsions ; Paresis, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The greatest sphere of usefulness of 
this remedy is centered in gonorrhoea. As 
soon as the acute symptoms have been sub- 
dued by Aconite or Cannabis, no remedy 
can finish the cure m^ore rapidly than Co- 
paiba. Five drops on sugar once in four 
hours will dry up the discharge in a few 
days; but it must be continued from one to 
two weeks afterward. In some obstinate 
cases, ten to fifteen drops will have to be 
used at a dose, ter in die. 

2. Burning in the urethra, with frequent 
micturition; yellow, purulent discharge from 
the urethra; chronic gleet, with muco-puru- 
lent discharge; gonorrhoeal rheumatism, 
mostly in the knees. 

MX 



TT2 CORAT.T.IUM RUBRUM. 

3. Bloody urine, with constant urging to 
urinate; haematuria in women; especially 
valuable in irritation of the urethra in old 
women. 

4. Chronic catarrh of the bladder; copious 
mucous discharge. 

5. Ascites and general anasarca, from 
renal disease, especially albuminuria after 
scarlatina. 

6. Chronic bronchorrhoea (dilated bron- 
chi), with profuse expectoration of a green- 
ish, purulent, fetid mucus. 

7. Urticaria from gastric irritation; fever, 
with intolerable itching. 

8. Chronic catarrh of the intestinal tract, 
with diarrhoea. 

9. Aggravation: In the morning. 

10. Amelioration: From walking. 



CORALLIUM RUBRUM. 

RED CORAL. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Coral has 
one special center of action : 

Pneumogast. N. (Sensitive FiLA.) Hypercesthesia. 



GOTO BARK. II3 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Whooping-cough, with violent dry, 
teasing, spasmodic cough, so violent that 
the children grow black in the face and lose 
their breath; convulsive coughs; worse at 
night. 

2. Feeling as if cold air were streaming 
through the air-passages in the morning on 
deep inspiration, with dry spasmodic cough. 



GOTO BARK. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system and the 
muscular gangha of the intestines, Cotoin has three special 
centers of action : 

^ ^x ( Severe Vomitinp-, 

Pneumogastric Nerve. \ ^^. ^ , ^ . ^ . 

[ Violent hurning I^ains. 

Abdomen. Active Dilatation of the Abdominal Vessels. 

Skin. (Locally.) Great Heat and Redness. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Chronic tubercular, watery diarrhoea 
that is very copious and exhausting. This 
remedy is of great value, given in large 
doses. 



CROCUS SATIVUS. 

SAFFRON. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Crocus 
has three special centers of actio7i: 

Cerebro-Spinal S. Hysterical Emotional Exciteme7it. 
Sex. O., Female. Venous Cong.; Passive Hemo7'''ges. 
Blood. Dark a?id Stringy. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Menorrhagia or metrorrhagia; blood 
dark, clotted, and stringy; as it is discharged 
it forms itself into long strings. 

2. Passive uterine hemorrhage; blood is 
dark and stringy; miscarriage at the third 
month, aggravated by motion. 

3. False, nervous pregnancy, with sensa- 
tion as if something were alive in the ab- 
domen. 

4. Abdomen greatly swollen, with rolling 
and bounding in it as from a live foetus. 

5. Stitches in the anus affecting the whole 
nervous system. 

6. Feeling as if there was a gauze before 
the eyes; aching pain in the muscles of the 
eyes; eye strain from over-study. 

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CROTALUS HORRIDUS. II5 

7. Epistaxis of tenacious, stringy, thick, 
black blood. 

8. Jumping, dancing, laughing, whistling, 
wants to kiss everybody; with congestion of 
blood to the head; great mental dejection. 

9. Aggravation: Motion; evenings; fast- 
ing, and in the house. 

10. Amelioration: In the open air; from 
quiet and eating. 



CROTALUS HORRIDUS. 

RATTLESNAKE POISON. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Crotalus 
has six special centers of action : 

Brain. Medulla and Sens'^y N. Life Insfly Destroyed. 
Pneumogas. N. Spasms of Throat ; Emesis j' Asthma. 
Blood. Rapid Septic Decompos'^n ; Fibrine Incoagu'ble. 
Circulation. Vaso- Motor Paralysis ; Asthenic Fever. 
Skin, faundice ; Hemor''ges ; Ecchymosis ; Ga^tgrene. 
Gi*ANDULAR S. Greatly Congested; Fatty Degen, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially adapted to all malignant, 
septic, asthenic diseases, with profound pros- 
tration and a tendency to rapid death; as, 



Il6 CROTALUS HORRIDUS. 

yellow fever, septicaemia, diphtheria, malig- 
nant scarlatina, putrid sore throat, carbun- 
cle, glanders, malignant pustule, pyaemia, 
purpura, erysipelas, and gangrene. 

2. All fevers that assume a low, typhoid 
form, with rapid prostration of the vital 
forces, trembling of the whole body, and 
frequent fainting. 

3. Hemorrhages from every orifice of the 
body, — gums, nose, stomach, lungs, urethra, 
bowels, womb, eyes, ears, and the pores of 
the skin. 

4. Yellow, jaundiced condition of the 
whole body. 

5. Vertigo, pain in the base of the brain, 
with great faintness. 

6. Tongue scarlet red, or brown, dry, and 
swollen, with foul breath. 

7. Great soreness in the stomach and 
liver, with violent nausea and vomiting of 
bile, or black, bloody matter; cannot retain 
anything on the stomach, with severe ver- 
tigo and excessive exhaustion. 

8. The liver is painfully sore, with jaundice 
of the whole body. 

9. Hemorrhage from the bowels and 



CROTALUS HORRIDUS. Il7 

kidneys in low septic fever, with disorgan- 
ization of the red blood-corpuscles. 

10. Diarrhoea excessively fetid; great 
prostration. 

11. Unquenchable thirst for cold water. 

12. Puerperal septicaemia; uterine hemor- 
rhages; tympanitis; typhoid symptoms, with 
great prostration. 

13. Skin covered with yellow spots, or 
excessive jaundice, blood oozing from the 
pores of the skin; blisters with livid spots, 
filled with bloody ichor; gangrene; malig- 
nant inflammation of the cellular tissue. 

14. General anasarca, the whole body 
swollen, excessive debility. 

15. Old cicatrices break open again. 

16. Acts on fat people better than on lean, 
on white better than colored. 

17. Most of the symptoms appear on the 
right side. (Lachesis on the left.) 

18. Aggravation: Morning and night, and 
in a close room. 

19. Amelioration: From walking in the 
open air. 



CROTON TIGLIUM. 

CROTON OIL. 

Through the little ganglia in the muscular coat of the 
intestines and mucous glands of the canal, Croton Oil has 
Jive sj)ecial centers of action : 

Gastro-Intes. C. Most V^iolent Hydragogue Cathai-tic, 
Pneumogastric N. Nausea and Violeiit Vo?niti7ig. 
Intestinal Mucous Memb. Violent Injlammation. 
Liver. Hematic Sti7nuldnt. Bile Increased, 
Skin. (Locally.) Ecze?na^ Vesicular and Pustular. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Diarrhoea, stools copious, watery, and 
escape from the bowels suddenly, as if shot 
out of a gun, with much prostration. 

2. Yellow, watery stool, sudden expulsion, 
and aggravated by drink or food, sometimes 
very excoriating. 

3. Yellow, watery, greenish, and painless 
stools, with dry lips, nausea, and great faint- 
ness; abdomen much distended with gas, 
and painful on pressure. 

4. Flatulence; watery, urgent diarrhoea; 
great gurgling and colic pains about the 
umbilicus, with much prostration. 

5. Mucous stools; great burning in the 

H8 



CROTON TIGLIUM. I IQ 

anus after stool, with constant urging- and 
protrusion of the anus. 

6. Every time the child nurses, it causes 
a severe pain, running through from the 
nipple to the back. 

7. Vesicles on the skin, with a yellow 
plastic exudation, that burn like fire. No 
drug causes such intolerable itching and 
violent burning of the skin, aggravated by 
contact, relieved by slight friction; urticaria. 

8. Severe itching of the genitals; vesicu- 
lar and pustular eruptions. 

9. Menses too scanty; with much itching 
and swelling of the vulva; and much ex- 
citement of the heart. 

10. Feeling as if the lungs could not be 
expanded; burning stitches in the chest, 
with hard, frequent, dry cough. 

11. Aggravation: By motion and in the 
morning. 

12. Amelioration: By sleep. 



CUPRUM. 

COPPER. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Cuprum 
has six special centei's of action : 

Pneumogas. N. Violent Euiesis j Convtilsive Resftion. 
Digestive Organs. Violent Gast?'o-Enteritis. 
Liver, yaundice; Fatty Degeizei-ation. 
Kidneys. Albumiitio-ia j Sitpp7'ession of Urine. 
Cerebro-Spin. S. Cra?nps; Convjilsions ; Paralysis, 
CiRC. Blood-Press. Lessened; Vaso-Motor Paralysis. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Adapted to neurotic, chlorotic, and 
gastro-intestinal diseases. 

2. Cramps and pains in the stomach and 
bowels, with nausea and violent vomiting-; 
relieved by drinking- cold water. 

3. When drinking, the fluid descends with 
a gurgling noise; in cholera infantum and 
diarrhoea. 

4. Abdomen tense, hot, and tender to 
touch; intestinal spasms, with copious green- 
ish diarrhoea. 

5. Convulsive vomiting; tendency to col- 
lapse; choleraic stools, not copious, with 
horrible cramps in stomach and abdomen. 

6. Neuralgia of the abdominal viscera. 

120 



CUPRUM. 121 

7. Urine dark red, or suppressed. 

8. Cold face, blue lips; coldness all over. 

9. Shrieks from fear; anxiety; convul- 
sions, with fearful cries; head moved from 
side to side; aggravated by contact. 

10. Paralysis of the brain, caused by sud- 
den retrocession of some acute eruption; 
vomiting- and spasms; cold face, lips blue, 
coldness all over. 

11. Long-continued paroxysms of con- 
vulsive coughing, with vomiting of mucus; 
sudden attacks of dyspnoea unto suffocation. 
One swallow of cold water relieves. 

12. Nervous trembling, great prostration; 
cramps in legs and feet; great restlessness; 
flushes of heat, and burning of the soles of 
the feet. 

13- Aggravation: By contact; vomiting; 
night; before menstruation. 

14. Amelioration: By drinking cold water; 
perspiring. 



DIGITALIS PURPUREA. 

PURPLE FOXGLOVE. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Digitalis 
has twelve special ceiiters of action : 

( Musculo-Motor Stimulant. 

\ Ii'regular^ Firm Contractio7ts. 
Arteries. Vaso-M. Stimu. Firm Arfl Contractions. 
Vagi. Emesis ; Congesfn j Paralysis Terfn'^l Filam''ts, 
Stomach and Colon. Congestion ; Injlammation, 
Liver. Portal Congestioit ; yaundice. 
Salivary Glands. Salivation. 
Kidneys, hicreased Blood-Pressure ^ Diuresis. 
Sexual O. (/.) Sti7?iurnj (2.) Profound Prostration. 
Brain. Co?zgestion; Delirium ; Coma. 
Eyes. Mydriasis ^ Chromatopsia ; Glands Inflamed. 
Cord. Complete Loss of Reflex Action; Paralysis. 
Temperature. Greatly Lowered. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. All diseases where the heart is more or 
less involved, accompanied with slow, irreg"- 
ular, or intermittent pulse, excited by the 
least movement. Intraventricular pressure 
increased, is a marked therapeutic effect of 
Digitalis. 

2. The least movement produces violent 

palpitation of the heart, intermitting every 

few beats. 

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DIGITALIS PURPUREA. I23 

3. Org-anic diseases of the heart, with 
great anasarca. 

4. The greatest cardiac tonic known; 
slow, feeble, intermittent pulse; the muscu- 
lar walls of the heart are very feeble. 

5. Sinking- in the epigastrium; sharp pains 
about the heart; the patient is cyanotic; 
sleep restless; slow respiration, and a desire 
to take a deep breath; constriction of the 
chest. 

6. Cardiac dropsy; cannot lie down in 
bed, obliged to sit up in a chair; jugular 
veins distended; face dusky livid; loose 
cough; haemoptysis; scanty urine, often 
albuminous; oedema of the face, scrotum, 
legs, and feet; general anasarca; great dila- 
tation of the left ventricle; often much hy- 
pertrophy; mitral regurgitation, and disease 
of the aortic valves; the muscular power of 
the heart is especially deficient; fears it will 
stop beating. 

V. Chronic bronchitis, and interstitial 
pneumonia, with loose, rattling, asthmatic 
cough; difficulty in breathing; dilatation of 
the right cavities of the heart and general 
anasarca. 



124 DIGITALIS PURPUREA. 

8. Haemoptysis from pulmonary conges- 
tion, caused by mitral regurgitation; con- 
tracts the arterioles, and slows the heart. 

Q. Jaundice from cardiac troubles, with 
white, ashy stools; liver enlarged, sore, and 
feels bruised; the urine scanty, high col- 
ored. 

10. Profuse flow of frothy saliva, stinging 
in the throat. 

11. Nausea in the morning as if she would 
die; motion causes vomiting with great 
faintness; smell of food excites nausea. 

12. Feeling of goneness in the stomach as 
if he would die; deathly nausea and vomit- 
ing, with vertigo. 

13. Whitish, or ashy gray stools; stools 
are extremely white in Digitalis cases, from 
lack of bile; obstinate constipation. 

14. For nightly emissions, with great 
weakness of the genitals, lascivious fancies 
day and night, great despondency, utter 
despair, and fearful mood, use Digitaline 
2d or 3d trituration; best known drug. 

15. Longs to be alone; tearfulness, from 
troubled conscience. 

16. Great sensitiveness to cold, from 



DIOSCOREA VILLOSA. 125 

anaemia; cold sweat at night, more on face 
and chest. 

17. During the cHmacteric, sudden flashes 
of heat, followed by great debility; the least 
motion brings on palpitation. 

18. General debility, with tendency to 
faint and perspire; the lower limbs very 
heavy, with great infiltration of serum. 

19. Aggravation: From lying down; mo- 
tion; after sleep; from cold, and in a very 
warm room. 

20. Amelioration: By sitting up; during 
rest; forenoons, and in medium warm air. 



DIOSCOREA VILLOSA. 

WILD YAM^ ROOT. 

Through the little ganglia in the muscular coat of the 
intestines, Dioscorea has three special centers of action: 

Digestive Organs. Ijitense JVeurosis of the Boivels. 

Liver. Portal Congestion ; Torpor. 

Spine. Exalted Reflex Excitability ; Paralysis. 



GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Acute neurosis of the stomach and 
bowels, where the coeliac and umbilical 



126 DULCAMARA. 

plexuses of nerves are in a state of intense 
hyperaesthesia; the spasms and pain are un- 
bearable. 

2. Great faintness at pit of the stomach. 

3. Distressing- pyrosis, with gastralgia. 

4. Colic that comes on suddenly and 
leaves suddenly; spasmodic colic, with much 
flatulence. (Best remedy we have for bil- 
iary colic, to arrest the pain while the gall- 
stone is passing.) 

5. Catarrhal diarrhoea and dysentery, with 
much colicky pain and tenesmus; the tenes- 
mus and pain not relieved by having a stool. 

6. Aggravation: By eating and motion. 

7. Amelioration: From copious eructa- 
tions of gas. 



DULCAMARA. 

BITTER SWEET. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Dulcamara 
has^ve special centers of action : 

Cerebro- Spinal System. Convulsio7is ; Paralysis. 
Mucous Membranes. Catarrhal Iiiflammaiion. 
Serous Membranes. Rheumatoid I njiammation. 
Kidneys. Inc''d BVd-Press.; Albuminuria ; Catarrh, 
§KiN. Eiythemaj Urticarial Vesicular Eczema, 



DULCAMARA. 127 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to catarrhal and 
rheumatic diseases brought on by cold, 
damp, rainy weather. 

2. All symptoms are aggravated when the 
weather suddenly becomes colder, especially 
if it is damp. 

3. Child gets worse at every cold change 
in the weather, or from exposure to cold, 
damp air. 

4. Suppression of an eruption from ex- 
posure to damp, cold air. 

5. Skin is delicate, and sensitive to cold, 
and liable to eruptions from exposure to 
damp, cold air. 

6. From taking cold, the neck is stiff; 
back painful; feels sore all over, with draw- 
ing, tearing pains. 

7. Diarrhoea in damp, cold weather; the 
stools mucous, green, and watery, with tear- 
ing, cutting pains before stool. 

8. Nettle-rash all over the body; tetters 
oozing watery fluid. 

9. Pain in small of back, as after stooping. 

10. Aggravation: Always by cold, damp 
weather; evenings and during rest. 



128 ELATERIUM. 

II. Amelioration: From warm, dry air; 
morning and daytime. 



ELATERIUM. 

SQUIRTING CUCUMBER. 

Through the little ganglia in the muscular coat of the 
intestines, Elaterium has two spec/a/ centers of action : 

M ucous Membranes. \ ^ioleizt Hydragogic c Cath a rtic. 
Stomach. Violent Fluid Vomiting. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Olive-green watery, gushing stools, pre- 
ceded by violent cutting in the abdomen; 
chilliness and prostration. 

2. Dropsy of the pericardium or kidney, 
associated with intermittent (ever; much 
chilliness, gaping and prostration. 



ETHER. 

SULPHURIC ETHER. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous sj^stem, Ether has 
seven special centers of action : 

Cekebro-Spinal S. Complete Anccsthesia ; Acinesia. 
Heart. Stimulated y I )i creased Arterial Blood-Press. 
Circulation. V^aso-Motor Stimulation. 
Vagi. J^irst^ StimuVn j Sccoiid^ Paralysis j Asphyxia. 
Sexual Organs. Excessive Erotic Excite?nent. 
Gland. S. Incr. Secretions. (Liver.) Glycosuria. 
Skin. Complete Ancesthesia j Copnous Perspiration. 

GRAND CHARACTEPJSTICS. 

1. The great field for Ether is as an an- 
aesthetic in all major surgical operations. 
It is, without doubt, the safest anaesthetic 
known in surgery. To administer it, use a 
cone made for this purpose, that will cover 
the nose and mouth closely; then pour into 
the cone about one-half ounce of Ether, and, 
if anaesthesia is not complete in five minutes, 
another half-ounce should be used, without 
removing the apparatus so air can be ad- 
mitted to the patient. 

2. Great care should be taken when using 
Ether at night, its fumes being very inflam- 
mable. Have the light high, as the vapor 
of Ether falls to the floor. 

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130 EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS. 

3. Local anaesthesia. For small surgical 
operations, or spinal irritation, chorea, neu- 
ralgia, lumbago, muscular rheumatism, etc., 
Ether spray may be used with a hand-ball 
spray apparatus, the rapid evaporation pro- 
ducing an intense degree of cold, and local 
anaesthesia. When used along the spine, 
many nervous diseases are rapidly cured. 

4. Internally, it is best given in ice-cold 
water, or equal parts of brandy and fine cut 
ice, or in capsules. Dose, one drachm to 
one fluid ounce. To allay pain in many dis- 
eases, Ether is often of great value. 

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS. 

AUSTRALIAN GUM TREE. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Eucalyptus 
has eight special centers of actio?i : 

Mucous Membranes. (Of Throat, ) ^_ , 

,^^ . \ Mucorrhoca. 

Lungs, Intestines, Kidneys.) ) 

^ ^ 1 (^•) Tonic; (2.) Indirrestion. 

Digestive Organs. \ \^ , 7 7 7^ • 7 

( (catarrhal JJiari'hoca. 

Urinary O. Diztrcsis^ with Enormous Incr. of Urea. 

Spleen. Co7ttracted; Fatty Degeneration. 

Heart. Blood- Press2ire Lessened; Viole7it Palpitation, 

Temperature. Greatly Lowered; Asthenic Fever. 

Skin. Powerful Diaphoretic. 

Spinal Cord. Paralysis ; Muscular Motility Lost, 



EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS. I3I 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great use of this drug; is found in 
sub-acute and chronic malarial intermittent 
fevers. Obstinate cases, where the patient 
has taken Quinine and it has failed, the 
patient much debilitated. 

2. Atonic dyspepsia, chronic gastric and 
intestinal catarrh; the secretions are very 
fetid, with much flatulence. 

3. Chronic catarrh of the bladder and 
kidneys; there is much mucus in the urine, 
which is extremely fetid. 

4. At the climacteric, women who suffer 
much from flatulence, palpitation of the 
heart, and sudden hot flushes. 

5. Uterine catarrh; secretions copious, 
fetid, and acrid. (Used locally and inter- 
nally, the fetor is destroyed at once.) 

6. About the most important use of this 
drug is in the treatment of catarrhal affec- 
tions of the broncho-pulmonary mucous 
membrane; sub-acute and chronic cases, 
accompanied by copious muco-purulent ex- 
pectoration, very fetid and acrid. Also 
nasal catarrh, with copious muco-purulent 
discharge; takes cold easily. 



132 EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREUS. 

7. As a disinfectant, the tincture, and 
especially the oil, when used locally, has no 
equal; foul-smelling ulcers and wounds are 
changed at once into sweet ones. It should 
be dissolved in water before it is applied. 

EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREUS. 

WAHOO. 

Through the solar and hypogastric plexuses of nerves, 
Euonymus has three special centei's of action : 

Liver. Hepatic Stimulant. Bile Greatly Iitcreased. 
Digestive Organs. Hydr agog tie Cathartic. 
Kidneys. Increased Blood-Pressure j Albu77ii7iuria. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. This is one of the most valuable reme- 
dies we have for what is known as a g^eneral 
bilious state and for bilious fevers. 

2. Cholera morbus, with profuse bilious 
stools; nausea and vomiting, with great 
prostration. 

3. Dyspepsia, with arrested hepatic func- 
tion. 

4. Gallstones. The great increase of the 
biliary secretion by this drug should make 
it one of our best remedies in gallstones. 
Give two grains of the active principle. 



EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM. I33 

5. In albuminuria, with hepatic symptoms, 
the urine scanty and very high-colored. 



EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM. 

BONESET. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Eupato- 
rium perf oHatum has six special centers of action : 

Spinal Cord. Paralytic Mypercesthesia. 

Vagi. Excessive Nazis ea : Bilious ]^07mti7Z(s. 

Intestines. Excessive Hyper- Catharsis. 

Liver. Portal Cong-estio?z; Excessive Secretion of Bile. 

Skin. Copious Diaphoresis. 

Lungs. Congestion; Catarrhal Inflammation. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Its great field of action is in bilious 
intermittent fever, with intolerable aching 
in the back and legs, as if the bones were 
broken; soreness of all the limbs as if 
pounded. 

2. These pains make the patient very rest- 
less; chill in the morning; great thirst be- 
fore the chill, which continues during the 
chill and heat, with much shivering during 
the chill. 



134 EUPATORIUIVI PERFOLIATUM. 

3. This great chilliness and intense aching" 
of the whole body show how prominently 
the posterior columns of the spinal cord are 
involved. 

4. The absence of much sweat and the 
severe bone-pains especially call for the use 
of this drug. 

5. The peculiar headache, the soreness of 
the eyes and their yellowness, the yellowish- 
red face, the vomiting of bile, the nausea 
and prostration, the soreness of the liver, 
and the external soreness all over the body, 
are especially characteristic. 

6. Tongue coated thickly yellow. 

7. Nausea, and vomiting of copious 
quantities of green liquid, with frequent 
green, watery stools; colic, and terrible 
thirst. 

8. Coryza, the nose and eyes both stream- 
ing with water; intense headache; great 
soreness of the forehead and occiput; pain 
in the back and legs; skin bathed in perspi- 
ration, with a loose cough. 

9. Dyspnoea very great, must lie with 
head and shoulders high; aches all over as 
if pounded. 



EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM. I35 

10. Aggravation: Morning, noon, and in 
open air. 

11. Amelioration: Indoors and at night. 



EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM. 

QUEEN OF THE MEADOW. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Eupato- 
rium purpureum has three special centers of action : 

Urinary Organs. Diuresis ; Catarrhal Cystitis. 

Spinal Cord. Hypercesthesia. 

Muscular System. Rheumatoid Inflammation. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Of great value in vesicular irritability 
in women, with much burning in the urethra 
during urination. 

2. Constant desire to urinate, passes but a 
few drops at a time, obliged to make the 
effort often. 

3. Suppression of urine, and great rest- 
lessness. 

4. Incontinence of urine, with irritable 
bladder. 

5. Catarrh of the bladder, with ulceration, 
and many rheumatic pains in lumbar region. 



136 EUPHRASIA. 

6. Renal dropsy; body and extremities 
enormously swollen; scanty secretion of 
urine, with great dyspnoea. 

7. Intermittent fever; paroxysms irregular, 
chills slight, but much shaking; no thirst; 
great nausea and vomiting; not much sweat. 

8. Heavily furred tongue, brownish, with 
bitter taste. 

9. Head feels light, cannot hold it up, with 
severe aching all over. 

10. Great restlessness; tossing and moan- 
ing; tired and faint; with many rheumatic 
pains. 

IT. Aggravation: Mornings. 
12. Amelioration: At night. 

EUPHRASIA. 

EYE- BRIGHT. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Euphrasia 
has one special center of action : 



^T .^ ^T T N i Catar/'t. 

Muc. M. (Eyes, Nose, Lungs.) < ^ ^ 

^ M Mucori- 



Catari'hal Injlani. 
hoe a 



GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Its great use is in acute catarrhal in- 
flammation of the eyes, with copious acrid 



FERRUM. 137 

Secretions; congestion and inflammation of 
the conjunctiva; g;reat photophobia; excess- 
ive acid lachrymation, excoriating" the Hds, 
which swell, and ulcerate on their margins; 
cornea ulcerated. 

2. The nasal mucous membrane is greatly 
inflamed, swollen, and secretes a copious 
acrid mucus. 

3. The throat and bronchi are similarly 
affected, with abundant mucous secretion, a 
loose cough, and a loud bronchial rale, with 
chilliness. 

4. Aggravation: In bed, in warm air, 
light, and evenings. 

5. Amelioration: Open air; in the dark. 

FERRUM. 

IRON. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Ferrum 
has seveyi special centers of action : 



Blood. -! ""•""^""^"' ^"' ^^-^^^y 



Albumen Decreased; Water Increased. 

Ancemla ; Myd.rcemia. 
Spleen. At?:ophy and Loss of Functlo7i. 
Temperature. Augmented in Health and Disease. 
Digestive Organs. Tonic. 
Teeth. Destruction of the Enamel. 
Kidneys. Fatty Degeneration ; Albu?ninuria. 
Elimination. Through the Intestinal Mucous Mem, 



138 FERRUM. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great use of Iron is found in anae- 
mia with plethora; pale face, lips, and roof 
of the mouth; great debility, and the least 
emotion causes a fiery red, flushed face. 

2. The least motion or exertion causes a 
red, flushed face, with vertigo, ringing in the 
ears, and great palpitation of the heart. 

3. Rush of blood to the head, with ham- 
mering and beating in the head so that she 
must lie down. 

4. The muscles are feeble, easily exhaust- 
ed from slight exertion, with bellows sound 
of the heart, and anaemic murmur of the 
arteries and veins. 

5. Great weakness of the entire muscular 
system, with weak digestion and cold ex- 
tremities. 

6. Always better from walking slowly 
about, notwithstanding weakness obliges 
him to lie down. 

7. Anorexia, dislike for all food; vomiting 
of food after eating, coughing, and after 
midnight. 

8. Lienteria; stools of undigested food, 
without pain, or watery, with flatulence; 



FERRUM. 139 

more frequent after the taking; of food or 
water. 

9. Chronic watery diarrhoea, soon after 
eating or drinking, without pain or effort, 
mostly undigested food. 

10. Menses too frequent, too profuse, and 
last too long, with fiery red face. 

11. Corroding, watery leucorrhoea. 

12. Haemoptysis, spitting blood, with fly- 
ing pains in the chest; better when walking 
slowly; general hemorrhagic tendency. 

13. CEdematous swelling of the body; 
cool skin; constant chilliness; evening fever. 

14. Rheumatism of the deltoid muscle, of 
a tearing, laming nature, worse in bed, can- 
not raise the arm. 

15. Dropsy after loss of fluids, abuse of 
Quinine; intermittent fever; anasarca, with 
great debility. 

16. Aggravation: Mornings, while at rest, 
when sitting still, and from noise. 

17. Amelioration: From slow exercise, 
and during the day. 



GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS. 

YELLOW JESSAMINE. 

Through the cerebro-spinal system, Gelsemiiim has 
eight special centers of action : 

Cerebro-Spin. S. Mot. and Sens. Paral.; Congesfn. 
Lungs. Respiratory Center Paralyzed; Asphyxia. 
Heart. Paralysis ; Blood-Pressure Lesse7ied. 
Eyes. Diplopia; Pupils Contr.; Mus. ParaVd; Ptosis. 
Temperature. Pozvercd in Disease. 
Sex. O., Male. Emiss'^ns ; Impoteiice ; Mus. Paraly'^d, 
Sex. O., Fem. JSIotor Spasms ; Paralysis ; Neuralgia. 
Urinary O. Diuresis ; Sphincter ParaVd; Enuresis. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to nervous, excita- 
ble, hysterical people, with an all-tired-out 
feeling", to male and female onanists, and 
to malarial diseases. 

2. Hysterical women with spasms, feeling" 
as if there was a lump in the throat that 
cannot be swallowed; palpitation of the 
heart; copious flow of nervous urine, and a 
general numbness of the extremities, with 
fear and apprehension. 

3. Hysterical women with rigid os during 
labor, attended with much nervous excite- 
ment. 

4. Dysmenorrhoea, with spasmodic neu- 

110 



GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIREXS. I4I 

ralgia, ovarian pains, and cramps in the 
uterus and legs; general hysterical condi- 
tion. 

5. Male sexual organs weak and irritable, 
with much flaccidity and coldness. 

6. Emissions without erections, followed 
by great languor, depression of spirits, and 
pain in the base of the brain; complete 
prostration, so tired cannot move. 

7. Weakness and trembling through the 
whole system, with relaxed muscles and 
motor paralysis. 

8. Great heaviness of the eyelids; impos- 
sible to keep them open. 

9. Dilatation of the pupils; diplopia, with 
vertigo. 

10. Nervous headache. The pain com- 
mences in the cervical portion of the spinal 
cord, and then spreads over the head. 

11. Intense congestion of the brain in 
children during dentition; very restless, can- 
not sleep. 

12. The tongue and glottis partially par- 
alyzed; speech thick, from congestion of the 
base of the brain; can hardly protrude the 
tongue, it trembles so, 



142 GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS. 

13. Dysphagia; paralysis of the organs of 
deglutition, especially after diphtheria. 

14. Painful sensation of a lump in the 
throat that cannot be swallowed. 

15. Profuse, nervous urine in nervous 
people. 

16. Enuresis, from paralysis of the sphinc- 
ter; wetting the bed, in children; paralysis 
of the bladder in old people. 

17. Paralysis of the sphincter vesicae fol- 
lowing diphtheria. 

18. This is of great value in intermittents 
where the nervous symptoms predominate; 
the chill and fever are severe; the patient 
feels as if he were pounded all over; not 
much sweat, but very great restlessness. 

19. Nervous chills, much shivering, de- 
pending on some irritation of the nerves of 
motion; the blood-vessels are dilated full, 
but lack the firmness and resistance of a 
fully developed sthenic inflammation; great 
languor; muscular weakness, desire for rest. 

20. Irritative remittent and intermittent 
fevers in very nervous, sensitive adults or 
children, with excessive erethism; no gas- 
tric, hepatic, or visceral complications. 



GELSEMIUxM SEMPERVIRENS. I43 

21. Catarrhal fevers; chilliness up the 
back; cannot move away from the fire with- 
out ^reat chilliness. 

22. Typhoid fever. It has cut many cases 
short; the nervous symptoms predominate; 
patient drowsy and stupid, with great debil- 
ity; legs and arms tremble, with some chilli- 
ness. 

23. Cerebro-spinal fevers, with stupor and 
tendency to convulsions; intense passive 
congestion; wild and incoherent delirium; 
bruised pain in all the muscles; very weak 
and trembling; sweating relieves a little. 

24. Congestive stage of pneumonia; ex- 
cessive restlessness; a feeling as if the heart 
would stop beating. 

25. Cardiac neurosis in hysterical subjects. 

26. Congestion of the spine; pains from 
spine to base of the brain; bruised feeling 
of the muscles, which will not obey the will; 
dull, heavy pains in the sacral region, with 
great prostration. 

27. Numbness, feeling as if the limbs were 
going to sleep; general paralysis; loss of 
voluntary motion, with dull, aching, tired 
feeling of the legs. 



144 GLONOINE. 

28. Aggravation: By rest; warmth in bed; 
sudden emotions; fright; wine; and damp, 
changeable weather. 

29. Amehoration: From open cold air; 
cold, and continued motion. 

GLONOINE. 

NITROGLYCERINE. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Glonoine 
\\iA&four special centers of action : 

Ceke&ro-Spinal S. Centric Vaso-Motor Paralysis. 

Vagi. Circulation Excited; Inhibitory Fibers ParaVd. 

-. „ \ Greatly Stimulated. 

Heart and Its Ganglia. \ ^ -^ :r^., , 

( Capillaries. Dilated. 

Gastro-Intest. C. Neurosis ; Congestion; Catharsis. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Intense congestion of blood to the 
head, with a feeling as if the temples and 
the top of the head would burst; often ac- 
companied with violent throbbing headache. 

2. A feeling as if the head were too large 
and full of blood; vertigo, fainting; often 
nausea and vomiting. 

3. Flushes of heat in the head, with vio- 
lent throbbing headache; cold feet and 
hands. 



GLONOINE. 145 

4. The best remedy we have for sunstroke, 
with bursting headache; dullness; delirium; 
stupor; palpitation of the heart; very rest- 
less. 

5. Disturbance of the intracranial circula- 
tion, which obtains in menopausia, and men- 
strual suppression. 

6. Violent headache with the catamenia, 
increasing with motion; has to tie the head 
up; with cold feet. 

7. Alternate congestion of the heart and 
head. 

8. First stage of meningitis of children; 
fever exacerbates morning and evening; 
frequent starting from sleep; grasping the 
head, and bending it back into the pillow; 
frequent pale, thin, flushed face; much ver- 
tigo; often vomiting. 

9. Sensation of soreness through the 
whole head; afraid to shake his head; it 
seems as if it would fly to pieces. 

10. Puerperal convulsions, with great cere- 
bral hyperaemia. 

11. Flashes of lightning-like sparks before 
the eyes, with photophobia; pupils dilated, 

12. Throbbing pain in all the teeth, 

10 



146 GRAPHITES. 

13. Congestion of the chest; throbbing in 
epigastrium, and great incHnation to sigh. 

14. Violent action of the heart, distinct 
pulsation over the whole body; even feels 
the pulsations in the fingers. 

15. Angina pectoris, with violent action of 
the heart; heart easily excited, with sensa- 
tion of throbbing throughout the body. 

16. Throbbing in the arteries, which feel 
like whipcords. 

17. Aggravation: By motion and heat; 
cannot walk in the sun; cannot even bear 
the heat of a stove; head symptoms greatly 
aggravated by rising up and walking. 

18. Amelioration: At night; open, cool 
air; gentle exercise; the head symptoms are 
relieved by pressure. 

GRAPHITES. 

PLUMBAGO. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Graph- 
ites h^-s four special cente7's of action : 

„ j Moist^ Sticky Eruptions ; Eczetna; Fissures ; 

' \ Corns. 
Lymphatic System. Enlarged; Secretion Acrid. 
Sexual O. (7.) Excited; (2.) Prostrated; A7tce??zic^ 
Digestive Organs, Ato?iy; Constipation. 



GRAPHITES. 147 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Scanty, delayed menstruation, with ob- 
stinate constipation; especially in ladies in- 
clined to obesity. ' 

2. Leucorrhoea, copious, watery, and very 
acrid; excoriation, with a feeling" as if the 
womb w^ould press out of the vagina. 

3. Ovaries indurated; anaemic, and not 
able to perform, their functions. 

4. Mastitis, where there are so many old 
cicatrices that the milk can scarcely fiow^; 
deep cracks in the nipples. 

5. Sweet things are disgusting and nau- 
seous; aversion to meat. 

6. Burning blisters on the side of tongue. 

7. Lips and nostrils sore and cracked. 

8. Stools hard and lumpy, from want of 
secretion, with urging and sticking in anus; 
itching; smarting, sore pains in anus on 
wiping. 

, 9. Abdomen greatly distended with gases. 

10. Urine turbid, deposits a white sedi- 
ment. 

11. Skin diseases in which the eruption 
discharges a sticky, glutinous fluid; oozing 
out constantly. 



148 GRAPHITES. 

12. Rhagades, excoriations, and ulcers on 
skin; soreness in bends of limbs, groins, 
neck, and behind the ears, discharging a 
sticky, glutinous fluid; unhealthy skin; 
every injury suppurates. 

13. Much dryness of the skin, without 
perspiration. 

14. Burning and swelling of the feet. 

15. Swelling and induration of the lym- 
phatics and glands; very liable to take cold 
from the least cold air. 

16. Eyelids inflamed, especially about the 
canthi; edges of the lids crack and bleed; 
many styes; lashes turn in, with an acrid 
discharge from the eyes. 

17. Weakness of the whole body; sadness 
and great despondency; thoughts of death. 

18. In general, Graphites is especially 
adapted to females with a tendency to un- 
healthy corpulence, with deformed nails, 
menstrual irregularities, obstinate constipa- 
tion, and great sadness. 

19. Aggravation: At night; during men- 
struation; from light and motion. 

20. Amelioration: In the dark; walking in 
the open air, and external warmth. 



GUAIACUM. 

GUAIACI RESINA. 

Through the cerebro-spinai nervous system, Guaiacum 
has four special centers of action : 

Salivary Glands. Sialagogue. 

^ ^ _, ( Increased Secretions ; Catarrh. 

Gastro-Intest. C. •{ ^r ',' ^ J7 

( Vo7mting; Latharsis. 

Heart. Increased Action. 

Skin. Copious Diaphoresis. 



GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Rheumatic diseases, with stiffness and 
swelling" of the joints; chronic cases, with 
much soreness of all the muscles; painful on 
motion. 

2. Tonsilitis, first stage. Will frequently 
abort it; used internally, and as a gargle 



GUMMI GUTTiE. 

* GAMBOGE. 

Through the Httle gangHa in the muscular coat of the 
intestines, Gamboge has three special centers of actiok : 

Vagi. (Stomach.) Nausea a7id V^o7niting. 
Intestines. Hydragogue Cathartic^ Gastro- Enteritis. 
Kidneys. Copious Diuresis , Ascites, 

149 



150 HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Nausea, with horrid vomiting; purging 
and fainting. 

2. Profuse watery diarrhoea, with coHc and 
tenesmus; rapid expulsion of stool without 
haemorrhoids. 

3. Urine greatly diminished, especially in 
dropsy. 

4. Aggravation: Forenoon, or during the 
day. 

5. Amelioration: In open air, during mo- 
tion, and on pressing the abdomen. 

HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA. 

WITCH HAZEL. 

Through the spinal nervous system, Hamamelis has 
six special centers of action : 

Venous S. Congest.^ Iiiflajn.^ Varicosis ^ Hemor'ges. 
Lungs. Hcemoptysis, 

Fibrous Tissue. Rheumatoid Injlammation. 
Digestive Organs. HcBinatemesis ; Hc€mor7'hoids. 
Sex. O., Fem. Ovarian Neuralgia ; Passive Hemor''ge. 
Sexual O., Male. Orchitis ; Neurosis j Varicosis. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

L For passive venous hemorrhages from 
all parts of the body, — nose, stomach, lungs, 



HAMAAIELIS VIRGINICA. 15I 

or bowels, — it is our best remedy; depend- 
ing- upon the state of the blood-vessels, 
rather than on that of the blood. 

2. In acute phlebitis, locally and internally, 
of great utility. 

3. Varicosis. This is the prince of reme- 
dies, used locally and internally, when great 
tenderness predominates. 

4. Orchitis, with great swelling and ten- 
derness. 

5. Neuralgia of the testicles, worse nights 
and in damp weather. 

6. Ovaritis and neuralgia; cutting-, tearing- 
pains in the ovaries; swollen and very ten- 
der on pressure. (Locally and internally.) 

7. Varicose veins of limbs, with great ten- 
derness; cannot bear that they be touched. 

8. Aggravation: By touch; damp weather, 
and at night. 

9. Amelioration: By rest and fine, dry 
weather. 



HELLEBORUS NIGER. 

CHRISTMAS ROSE. 

Througn the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Helleborus 
has eight special centei's of actioit: 

Brain. Congestion; Injlammation ; Effusion. 
Spin. Cord. Congesfn; Injlain.; Effus'^n; Paralysis. 
Serous Membranes. Injlam.; Di-opsical Effusion. 
Circulation. Incr. Blood-Presstwe ; Heai't Slowed. 
Salivary Gl. ; Pancreas ; Liver. Incr. Secretions, 
Stomach. (Vagi.) Nausea and Violent Vomiting. 
Intestines. Gastro- Enteritis ; Hydragogue Cathartic. 
Kidneys. Congestion; Inflammation; Albuminuria. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to diseases that 
affect the serous membranes of the nervous 
centers; especially hydrocephalus when the 
stage of serous effusion has commenced. 

2. Slow comprehension; soporous sleep, 
with screaming- and starting; shocks pass 
through the brain like electricity; forehead 
drawn in folds, and covered with cold per- 
spiration. 

3. Squinting, pupils dilated; nostrils dry; 
chewing motion of the mouth, with frequent 
rubbing of the nose. 

152 



HELLEBORUS NIGER. I53 

4. Typhoid and nervous fevers, with much 
restlessness and stupor. 

5. Mouth and tongue very dry; tongue 
trembles and feels stiff; absence of thirst in 
all complaints. 

6. Nausea and vomiting, with distended 
abdomen. 

7. Stools of only clear, tenacious mucus, 
with tenesmus; or watery, with colic and 
burning in the anus after stool. 

8. Urine very scanty and high colored. 

9. Post-scarlatinal dropsy, with sudden 
anasarca. 

10. Chest very much constricted; gasps 
for breath. 

11. Severe convulsions, with great cold- 
ness, or complete loss of power of all the 
muscles. 

12. Aggravation: Head symptoms in the 
morning; skin symptoms evenings; bowels 
after eating or drinking; during dentition, 

* exertion, and cold air. 

13. Amelioration: In open warm air, and 
quiet. 



HELONIAS DIOICA. 

FALSE UNICORN. 

Through the abdominal sympathetic, Helonias has Jive 
special centers of action : 

Digestive Organs. E?nesis ; Catharsis ; Atony. 
Kidneys. Incr. Blood-Press.; Albumimiria ; Diabetes. 
Testicles, Ovaries, Mamm^. Increased Secretions. 
Glandular System. Secretions Greatly Increased. 
Blood. An(E?7iia fro77i Atony. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great field for this remedy is in 
anaemia and a general atonic condition of 
the whole body, similar to that of Iron. 
There is not so much anaemia as found in 
Iron, but a general atonic condition of the 
whole body, often associated with renal and 
uterine diseases. 

2. Anaemia, torpid condition of the system, 
especially the generative organs; amenor- 
rhcea; passive menorrhagia. 

3. Abortion from the slightest over-exer- 
tion, or irritating emotions. 

4. Sterility from debility, especially from 
renal diseases. 

5. Leucorrhoea, with anaemia and great 
debility. 

154 



HEPAR SULPHUR. I55 

6. Breasts very tender during" menstrua- 
tion. 

7. Albuminuria, first stage; sensation as 
if the kidneys were two bags of hot water, 
with profound debility. 

8. Diabetes insipidus, first stages. 

9. Very hypochondriac and depressed; 
memory weak; great anaemia. 

10. Aggravation: Nights; sudden motion; 
long sitting. 

11. Amelioration: Moving about, busily 
engaged. 

HEPAR SULPHUR. 

SULPHIDE OF CALCIUM. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Hepar 
sulphur has six special ceiiters of action : 

Glands. Congest.; Induration ; Siippur'ii ; Acridity. 
Blood. Excess of Flbri^ie ; Pseudo-^lembranes. 
Vexous System. Capillary Congestion; Scrofulosis. 
Skin. Unhealthy ; Acrid Ulceratio7is ; Fissures. 
Mucous Mem. Exiidations ; Ulcerations ; Mucorrhcva. 
Digestive Organs. Ato?iy ; Indigestio?i. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Adapted to scrofulous people, with en- 
larged glands that tend to suppuration, — the 
slightest injury suppurates, — and to all dis- 



156 HEPAR SULPHUR. 

eases where suppuration seems inevitable, 
or where the system has been injured by the 
abuse of Mercury. 

2. Over-sensitiveness of the nervous sys- 
tem; exceedingly sensitive to the slightest 
touch; cannot bear the slightest draft of air 
on him, or the slightest noise; great sensi- 
tiveness to everything. 

3. Cannot bear to be uncovered; coughs 
when any part of the body is uncovered; 
must be covered up to the face; chilliness 
predominates. 

4. Whitlow. No remedy equals it; if 
given early, it will arrest it; if not, it will 
greatly hasten suppuration. 

5. Rhagades of the hands and feet, very 
sensitive; takes cold easily. 

6. Clammy, sour night sweats; sweats day 
and night; worse about the chest. 

7. Chilliness predominates, with great 
sensitiveness to the open air. 

8. Sticking in throat, as from a splinter, 
on swallowing, extending toward the ear on 
swallowing. 

Q. Hoarseness, with aphonia; rattling, 
choking cough, worse after midnight. 



HEPAR SULPHUR. 157 

10. Croup with great hoarseness, when the 
cough commences to get loose and ratthng; 
very sensitive to cold air, water, or when 
any part of the body gets cold; takes cold 
easily. 

.II. Severe laryngeal catarrh, with rough- 
ness and pain in the throat; sensation as if 
a clot of mucus was in the throat when 
swallowing. 

12. In chronic catarrh, affecting the nos- 
trils and back part of the fauces, with much 
secretion of mucus, no remedy equals this. 

13. Chronic bronchitis; violent and loose 
cough; copious expectoration of muco-puru- 
lent substance; much hoarseness and sore- 
ness of the chest; dyspnoea, with suffocative 
attacks. 

14. Rattling, choking cough; mucous rales 
very marked. 

15. Chronic hepatization of the lungs; 
head and chest perspire constantly; sweats 
day and night; especially children, smelling 
excessively sour. 

16. Great desire for acids; abdomen dis- 
tended; cannot bear anything tight about 
the waist. 



158 HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. 

17. Soft, difficult stool, from lack of peri- 
staltic action of the large intestine. 

18. Bladder weak, micturition impeded, 
must wait, and then the urine flows very 
slowly. 

19. Ulcers have a bloody suppuration, 
smelling like old cheese; bleed from the 
slightest touch. Bad effect of Mercury or 
tertiary syphilis. 

20. Aggravation: At night, cold north or 
east winds; eating anything cold; uncover- 
ing any part of the body; from open air, 
motion; slightest touch, even from cool air. 

21. Amelioration: From warmth in gen- 
eral; warm air and warm, wet weather; from 
wrapping the head up, and mornings. 



HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. 

GOLDEN SEAL. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Hy- 
drastis has three special centers of action: 

Mucous M. Copious^ Stringy Mucorrhoea; Ulceration. 
Digestive O. Tonic j Incr. Secretions j Constipation,, 
Lymphatics, Perverted Secretions, 



HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. I59 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in stomatitis and con- 
stipation, in people very much debilitated. 

2. Ulceration of the buccal mucous mem- 
brane; tongue large, flabby, slimy looking, 
with yellow, sticky fur. 

3. Indigestion; bad appetite; weak diges- 
tion; sour eructations; great sensation of 
goneness in the epigastrium. 

4. Chronic constipation, wdiere it stands 
alone and seems to be the cause of other 
ailments. (Give the tincture in five drop 
doses.) 

5. Excoriations of the anus, and ulcers in 
the rectum. (Locally and internally.) 

6. Epithelial abrasions of cervix, os, and 
vagina; pruritus vulvae with erotic furor, 
cancer of the os uteri. (Locally and inter- 
nally.) 

7. Cracks, fissures, abrasions of the nip- 
ples and skin; first stage of cancer of the 
breast. (Use locally and internally.) 

8. Gonorrhoea. Of great value as an in- 
jection, diluted one-half with water, after the 
acute stage has been subdued by Aconite, 



HOANG-NAN. 

TROPICAL BINDWEED. 



Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Hoang-Nan 
has seven special ceitters of action : 



,, ^ . Clonic and Tonic Siyasms ; ExirejuiLies 

vSpinal Corp ' ^ 



Brain. Congestion ; Vertigo. 

' I Paralyzed. 
Muscles. Spasjns^' Trismus; Opisthotonos ; Paraly''s. 
Vagl Inte7isc Thirst ; Difficult Deglutition. 
Heart. Great Fall of Arterial Blood- Pressure. 
vSebaceous Glands. Greatly Stimulated, 
Lymphatic Glands. Tonic. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. It is especially useful in paralysis, ec- 
zema, prurigo, old ulcers, secondary syphilis, 
cancer, leprosy and serpent bites. 

2. In prurigo and pustular eczema in parts 
well supplied with sebaceous glands, as the 
face, neck, back and genitalia, it is of great 
utility. 

3. In furuncles and carbuncle, it subdues 
the inflammation and greatly sustains the 
strength of the digestive organs and pro- 
motes general nutrition. 

4. In constitutional syphilis, it acts as 
a tonic, promoting general nutrition and 

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HOANG-NAN. l6l 

thereby greatly benefits the patient, but 
cannot take the place of Iodide of Potash. 

5. In leprosy, through its action on the 
spinal cord, and the glands of the skin, the 
disease is greatly subdued, and there is 
much improvement of the patient, he be- 
comes more active, joyous and vigorous, in 
about two months, anaesthesia disappears 
and sensibility is restored. The ulcers 
change in nature and tend to cicatrize. In 
doses of from 5 to 30 drops ter die. 

6. In cancer, affecting the glandular sys- 
tem, where the patient is debilitated, with 
great flaccidity of the muscles, it invigor- 
ates the nervous system and builds up the 
patient. 

7. In serpent bites of the most malignant 
nature, this drug has a great reputation. 

8. Aggravation: By motion. 

9. Amelioration: By rest. 



11 



HYOSCYAMUS NIGER. 

HEN-BANE. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Hyoscy- 
amus has ni?ie special centers of action : 

( Violent ^ ^uarrclsojne / Delij'iuni y Loquacious j 

\ Insomnia. 
Cord. (Mot. Tract.) Convulsions ; Paralysis. 
Eyes. Powerful Mydriatic. 

Ears. Paresis of the Auditory Nerves ; Deafness. 
Digestive Org. Paralysis of all Sphincter Muscles. 
Intestines. Involuntary Diarrhoea. 
Urinary O. Diuresis ; Sphijicter Paralysis. 
Circulation. Slowed^ with Increased Blood- Pressure. 
Temperature. (/ ) Increased j (2 ) Di?ninished. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in spasmodic affec- 
tions, where the sensorial functions are too 
active. 

2. Involuntary loud laug-hter; convulsive 
trembling-; twitching of every muscle of the 
body. 

3. Lascivious furor; without modesty; she 
wishes to uncover and expose herself. 

4. Wishes to run away for fear of being- 
hurt; red face, wild, staring look, and throb- 
bing- of the carotids. 

5. Sees persons who are not present; en- 
tire loss of consciousness. 

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HYOSCYAMUS NIGER. 163 

6. Non-inflammatory puerperal insanity. 

7. Excessive dilatation of the pupils, with 
loss of sensibility to touch; all objects ap- 
pear double, and often red. 

8. Dryness of the throat; cannot swallow 
liquids. 

9. Mouth and tongue dry; tongue dry, 
red, brown, and cracked; partially paralyzed. 

10. Cough and hiccough, with pain in the 
stomach. 

11. Much distention of abdomen; pain- 
less watery diarrhoea; involuntary stools in 
bed. 

12. Involuntary passing of urine, from 
paralysis of the sphincter vesicae. 

13. Hysterical females, whose bowels are 
apt to bloat, and who are subject to attacks 
of diarrhoea, with colicky pains, and fre- 
quent urging to stool, or where the sphinc- 
ters are weak, causing great difficulty in 
retaining faeces or urine, and where the least 
excitement brings on the attack. 

14. Nocturnal spasmodic dry cough, ex- 
cited by a recumbent posture, relieved at 
once by sitting up. This is our most valua- 
ble remedy in incessant dry, spasmodic 



l64 HYPERICUM PERFOLATUM. 

cough, greatly aggravated at night, and 
especially by lying down, or in cold air. 

15. Fevers in which torpor of the entire 
organism predominates. 

16. Aggravation: Evenings and at night; 
cold air; lying down; eating or drinking; 
jealousy; menstruation, and mental excite- 
ment. 

17. Amelioration: During the day; stoop- 
ing; cough from sitting up. 



HYPERICUM PERFOLATUM. 

ST. John's wort. 

Through the cerebro-spinal system, Hypericum has 
three special centei-s of action : 

Spin. Cord. Effects Similar to Mechanical Concussion, 
Venous S. Capillary Paralysis ; Congestion, 
Joints. Rheumatoid hiflammation. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in mechanical injuries 
of the spinal cord, and the nerves at their 
peripheral extremities. 

2. Mechanical injuries, bites; wounds by- 
nails or splinters, needles under the nails, 



HYPERICUM PERFOLATUM. 165 

squeezing; or hammering of the toes and 
fingers, especially their tips, railroad concus- 
sions; where the nerve-endings have been 
lacerated, wounded, bruised, or torn, attend- 
ed with excruciating pains. It prevents 
lock-jaw. All injuries of nerves attended 
with great pain, and sensitive to the touch. 
(Locally and internally.) 

3. Next to the nervous system, the joints 
are affected; all the articulations feel sore 
and bruised. 

4. Head feels elongated, as if it were 
drawn up to a point. 

5. Bronchial catarrh, associated with asth- 
ma, aggravated in foggy weather. 

6. Neuritis, either traumatic or idiopathic, 
with numbness, tingling and formication. 
Worse on motion. 

7. Aggravation: By motion; damp air. 

8. Amelioration: By rest. 



IGNATIA AMARA. 

ST. IGNATIUS' BEAN. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Ignatia 
has seve?i special centers of actioii : 

Cord. Hypercesthesia^ Spasms; Paralysis. 
Eyes. Hysterical Asthenopia. 
Throat. (Vagi.) Globus Hystericus. 
Stomach. Atony ; Gonc?iess ; Great E^nptiness, 
Intestines. Diarrhoea ; Prolapsus Ani. 
Kidneys. Nervous Hysterical Diuresis. 
Generative O., Women. Menorrhagia ; Hysteria. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The symptoms of the mind are most 
important. Patient is full of grief; silent 
grief, with frequent involuntary sighing, and 
a sensation of goneness or emptiness in the 
pit of the stomach; constant globus. 

2. Strongly inclined to solitude; very pas- 
sive and secretive. 

3. Disappointed affection, with silent grief 
preying upon the mind; great sleeplessness 
from grief. 

4. Mental symptoms change often from 
joy to sadness, with a constant feeling as if 
there was a lump in the throat that cannot 
be swallowed. 

166 



IGNATIA AMARA. 167 

5. Sensitiveness; delicate conscientious- 
ness; inconstant, impatient, and irresolute; 
changeable mood; angry at slight blame or 
contradiction. 

6. Great sensitiveness to external impres- 
sions; laughs and cries alternately, face 
flushes on emotion; spasmodic laughing, 
ending in screaming; globus hystericus; 
profuse, pale urine; flatulency; spasms. 

7. Headache, as if a nail were driven out 
through the side, relieved by lying on it. 

8. Nervous headache, when the eyes are 
involved; generally one eye, with burning 
lachrymation. 

9. Great weight at the back of the head, 
with a tendency to fall backward; from con- 
gestion of the cerebellum. 

10. Sticking in throat when not swallow- 
ing; the more he swallows, the more it dis- 
appears; globus hystericus. 

11. Sensation as if the stomach was short- 
ened, or as if one had been fasting too long; 
great goneness, as if the stomach was empty, 
with excessive flatulence; stomach feels very 
flabby; from grief. 

12. Stools difficult, because of seeming 



168 IGNATIA AMARA. 

inactivity of the rectum; cannot strain at 
stool witliout producing- prolapsus ani. 

13. Prolapsus of the rectum from slight 
straining at stool; sharp pains from piles; 
piles very sore, and aggravated when the 
bowels are loose. 

14. Diarrhoea from emotional excitement, 
or grief; constant desire for stool; no stool, 
but prolapsus ani. 

15. Nervous, pale, watery and copious 
urination. 

16. Too frequent and too profuse men- 
struation. 

17. Fever, chilliness predominates; heat 
seems almost external, with much sighing. 

18. Feet and hands always cold; numb- 
ness of the feet and legs. 

19. Great weakness and exhaustion of the 
whole body; very restless at night. 

20. Hysterical and spasmodic diseases, 
from great grief. 

21. Aggravation: By contact; open air; 
motion; artificial warmth; mental affections; 
anger; fright; anxiety, especially grief ; cof- 
fee; strong smells; tobacco; ascarides, and 
when yawning. 



IODINE. 169 

22. Amelioration: From changing posi- 
tion; from hard pressure; near warm stove; 
from eating, and when lying on the back. 



IODINE. 

lODIUM. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Iodine 
\vd.s Jiff ecu special centers of action : 

„ ^ 1 \^') Hyfe)'- Secretion, 

Glandular System. ' ^ ^ -^^ 



I 



(2.) Atrophy. i^Iodism.) 

MAMM.^t. (z.) Incr.Secretio7i; (2.) Complete Atrop'^y. 

^ ^ { (i.) Increased Secretio7i. 

Ovaries, Iesticles. •< ) : ^, 

' i {2 ) Atrop/iy. 

Uterine Glands. Great Hypei'trophy. 

TirvROiD Gland. Great Hypertrophy. 

Lacteals. (7.) Stimulated; (2.) Atony a7id Atrophy. 

Salivary Glands. Salivation without Fetor. 

^ { il.) Hyfer- Secretion. 

jr\.NCRE\S J 

( (2.) Atrophy ; Loss of Fu7iction. 

C (/.) Sti?7iulated. 

( (2.) Atrophy; yaundice; Emaciation. 

Kidneys. Tubular Nephritis ; Albuminuria. 

Mucous M. Congestion; InJla7n7nation ; Mucorrhcea. 

., ( Acne- Like Nodes ; Ecze77ia. 

Skin. \ . tt .- • 

\ Anasarca; Urticaria. 

Serous Membranes. Plastic Infla7nmatio7i ; Effusion, 

Arteries. Prolonged Arterial Spas77i, 

Blqod. Anaemic; Fibrine Increased, 



170 IODINE. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Scrofulous people, with a low, cachec- 
tic state of the system, profound debility and 
general emaciation; face dark brown. 

2. A remarkable and unaccountable sense 
of weakness, and loss of breath in going" up 
stairs. 

3. Great dwindling away of the mammae, 
in scrofulous women. 

4. Mammae hang down heavily and lose 
their fatness; associated with tenderness. 

5. Premature and too copious menstrua- 
tion; associated with profound debility, par- 
ticularly when going up stairs. 

6. Long-lasting uterine hemorrhages. 

7. Leucorrhoea, corrosive even of the 
thighs and linen; worse during menstruation. 

8. Dropsical affections of the ovaries. 

9. Complete loss of sexual power; testi- 
cles atrophied. 

10. Acute orchitis, with great enlargement 
and pain in the testicles. 

11. Ravenous appetite; hungry all the 
time, with great emaciation; the mesenteric 
glands enlarged; tabes mesenterica. 

12. Constant taste of salt in the mouth. 



IODINE. I^i 

13. Continual empty eructations, from 
morning till evening, as if every particle of 
food was turned into gas. 

14. Great restlessness; cannot sit or sleep, 
but must change position constantly. 

15. The stools mucus and bloody, watery, 
brownish or black; chronic cases where ex- 
haustion is a marked feature. 

16. Dry, croupy cough; the mucous mem- 
brane of the larynx and trachea is dry, the 
mucus secreted is hard and tough. No 
remedy causes a more violent inflammation 
of the larynx, and with such certainty; there 
is much hoarseness, or complete aphonia. 

17. Great shortness of breath; palpitation 
of the heart, and shortness of breath on 
going up stairs. 

18. Great weakness of the chest; bron- 
chial and pulmonary congestion, with fre- 
quent hemorrhages; tightness of respiration; 
the slightest exertion causes great difficulty 
in breathing. 

19. Phthisis pulmonalis, with constant 
tickling and inclination to cough, in the 
trachea and under the sternum; expectora- 
tion of transparent mucus, streaked with 



172 IODINE. 

blood; emaciated; wasting fever; rapid 
pulse; diarrhoea, and copious night sweats; 
dry cough predominates, based on a ca- 
tarrhal, inflammatory, or organic origin; 
plastic exudations, and pleuritic effusions. 

20. Very sad; melancholy mood; very 
cross and nervous. 

21. Goiter that is soft, with swelling and 
induration of the cervical glands; hypertro- 
phies of all glandular structures, in scrofu- 
lous people. 

22. Fever where the chill predominates; 
cold most of the time with debilitating, sour 
morning sweats. 

23. Rough, dry, dirty yellow skin, inclined 
to be brown. 

24. Tendency to small boils and abscesses. 

25. Tertiary syphilis, with ulceration and 
nodosities of the skin. 

26. All diseases calling for Iodine have 
great emaciation and profound debility at- 
tending them. Especially in plastic inflam- 
mations. 

27. Aggravation: From warmth in gen- 
eral; from wrapping up the head; cannot 
even bear the hat on; from warm room, or 



IODOFORM. 173 

any really warm atmosphere; from motion, 
noise, and at night. 

28. Amelioration: From cold air; wash- 
ing in cold water; after eating and after 
sleep. 

IODOFORM. 

lODOFORMUM. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Iodoform 
has seven special centers of action : 

Cerebro-Spin. S. Congestion^ ConvuPs; Anccsthesia. 

Vagi. Paralysis of Respiratory Centers ; Asphyxia. 

Liver and Kidneys. Fatty Degeneration. 

Temperature. Greatly Elevated. 

Circulation. Dim. BVd-Press.; Rapid., Weak Pulse. 

Skin. Local AiicEsthetic ; Ulceration. 

Gland. S. Congestion j Hyper- S ecref n j Hypertrophy. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Its great use is locally, as an antiseptic 
dressing, in wounds, especially about the 
mouth, rectum, and bladder, and in ulcera- 
tions of the skin. Infrequent dressings are 
sufficient, as Iodoform disappears very slow- 
ly; gauze impregnated with Iodoform re- 
mains aseptic for a long time. Cover the 
ulcer or wound with a thin layer of the 



174 IODOFORM. 

powder, dusted from a pepper box; after- 
ward apply a thin layer of cheese-cloth, a 
coat of absorbent cotton, a piece of gutta- 
percha tissue, and a bandage. This dressing 
may be left on from two to twenty days. 

2. For syphilitic ulcers, no drug can take 
its place as a local dressing; the more fetid 
the ulcer, the more it is indicated. The 
Ether solution is often the best form in 
which to use the drug. 

3. For lymphatic and glandular tumors 
and goiter, inject the Glycerole of Iodoform. 

4. For pruritus vulvae, and acrid ulcers of 
the uterus, nothing can take its place as a 
local remedy. 

5. Locally, it has cured a number of cases 
of membranous dysmenorrhoea; it should 
be used twice a week in Glycerine or Bal- 
sam. 

6. For uterine cancer, it is our chief reme- 
dy, mixed with Cocoa-butter, Ether, Collo- 
dion, Glycerine, or Eucalyptus oil. 

7. For gonorrhoea, chronic form, apply it 
in the urethra with my corrugated sound. 

8. For tuberculous inflammation of joints, 
inject Iodoform mixed in Glycerine. No 



IPECACUANHA. I75 

known remedy can equal Iodoform in this 
disease. Use not more than one drachm at 
a time, once a week. 



IPECACUANHA. 

CEPHAELIS IPECACUANHA. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Ipecac has 
eight special centers of action: 

Mucous Mem. {\^\5^g?>^\ Catarrhal Inflammation, 

Stomach, Intestines.) \ Mucorrhoea. 
Stomach. (Vagi.) Violent Nausea a^td Vomiting, 
Intestinal Canal. Catarrhal Inflant.; Diarrhoea. 
Lungs. Asthma j Catar'^l Inflam.y Copious Mucorrhoea. 
Circulation. Lessened Blood-Pressure , Hcemostatic. 
Temperature. Lowered. 
Cord. (Motor Tract.) Paresis, 
Skin. Diaphoretic. (Locally.) Pustular In/lam. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great use for Ipecac is found in 
gastric diseases, with violent and long-con- 
tinued nausea, and vomiting of large quan- 
tities of tenacious white, glairy mucus. 

2. A feeling of qualmishness, emptiness, 
and flabbiness about the stomach, with pro- 
fuse flow of watery saliva. 



176 IPECACUANHA. 

3. Nausea and vomiting- of blood; hae- 
matemesis. 

4. Flat taste, with white, thickly coated 
tongue. 

5. Great accumulation of saliva in mouth. 

6. Aversion to all food; smoking causes 
vomiting-. 

7. Clawing griping in the abdomen, as if 
grasped by a hand, greatly aggravated by 
motion, with constant nausea. 

8. Frequent stools of greenish mucus, as 
if fermented; stools green as grass; copious 
and watery; stools of blood and mucus, or 
pure blood, with constant nausea. 

9. In acute cases of dysentery, the bold 
use of Ipecac will save many lives. Give 
from ten to thirty grains at a dose. 

10. Urine dark red and scanty; sometimes 
haematuria. 

11. Menorrhagia, accompanied with con- 
tinued nausea. 

12. Dyspnoea, with wheezing, anxious 
respiration; great weight about the praecor- 
dia; sighing, quick, anxious breathing, with 
much rattling of mucus in the chest. 

13. The chest seems full of phlegm, but it 



IPECACUANHA. 177 

does not yield to coug-hing^; loses breath 
when coughing-; turns pale in the face, and 
stiffens. 

14. Incessant and moist spasmodic cough, 
with every breath, in delicate children, and 
great paleness of the face, with nausea. 

15. For haemoptysis, with rattling cough 
and expectoration ot blood, with a feeling 
of constriction of the chest, it is about the 
best remedy we have. 

16. The Ipecac cough has not an organic 
base, but is of simple catarrhal origin, mixed 
up with a neurotic element, loose and spas- 
modic in nature, with a large accumulation 
in the air-passages, and very apt to vomit 
after the paroxysm of coughing". 

17. Irregular cases of intermittents, where 
the cerebro-spinal system is involved, and 
the vagi are the special centers affected, 
with continual nausea, vomiting, and great 
thirst; more chill than fever; worse during 
the sweat, which is very sour. 

18. Hives of gastric origin. 

19. Headache as if the bones of the head 

were crushed, with deathly nausea and very 

pale face. 
12 



178 IRIS VERSICOLOR. 

20. Aggravation: After vomiting; lying 
down; dry wintry weather; catarrhs in 
warm, damp weather; warm room, and at 
night. 

21. AmeHoration: By rest; closing the 
eyes, and at night. 



IRIS VERSICOLOR. 

BLUE FLAG. 

Through the abdominal sympathetic and cerebro-spinal 
nervous system, Iris has six special centers of action: 

Salivary Glands. Copious Salivatioit^ without Fetor. 
Vagi. Nausea; Vo7niting ; Copious Acid Secretions. 
Pancreas. Congestion; Copious Secretion ; InJlaiJi. 
Liver. Congestion; Increased Biliary Secretion. 
Intestines. Secretions Greatly Increased; Catharsis. 
Skin. Vesicular and Pustular Eruption. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially useful in sick-headache; be- 
gins with a blur before the eyes; dull, heavy, 
shooting, throbbing pains in the forehead or 
right temple, with nausea and acid or bilious 
vomiting; aggravated by rest, cold air, or 
violent motion; the liver and stomach being 
much out of order; stupid headache. 



IRIS VERSICOLOR. 179 

2. Cholera infantum; nausea, sour or bil- 
ious vomitinc^; stools watery, copious, green 
or yellow, and excoriate the anus; coming; 
on, or is greatly aggravated, at 3 a. m. 

3. Great burning distress in the epigas- 
trium, with vomiting; watery, excoriating 
diarrhoea; the anus burns like fire. 

4. Nausea and vomiting of sour food; the 
whole person smells sour; especially useful 
in acid people. 

5. The characteristic pains are sharp, cut- 
ting, of short duration, and change often. 

6. Aggravation: Evening; at night, be- 
tween 2 and 3 a. m.; when still. 

7. Amelioration: From warmth, and gen- 
tle motion. 



JABORANDI. 

PILOCARPUS PINNATUS. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Jaborandi 

has eleven special ce^iters of actio7z : 

Glandular Sys. Salivation j Copious Perspiration. 

Mammae. Galactagogue. 

Kidneys. Diminished Urea. Bladder. Contracted. 

Stomach. Gastric yuice Increased. 

Liver. Secretions Lessened. 

Circulation. Excited^ Blood-Fressure Lessened. 

Heart. InJiibitory Nerve Centers Paralyzed. 

Temperature. (7.) Elevafd; (2.) Greatly Depres^d. 

Eyes. Pupil Contracted ; Incr. Inter- Ocular Pressure. 

Uterus. Slight Uterine Stimulant. 

Serous Membranes. Copious Dropsical Effusions. 

GPvAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great field of usefulness for this 
drug is in dropsical effusions, especially 
ascites, hydrothorax, and pleuritic effusions; 
and the best form of the drug to use is the 
active principle, Pilocarpin, in one-sixth to 
one-quarter of a grain, hypodermically. 

2. Salivation. It arrests it at once. 

3. For alopecia, used locally and inter- 
nally, it is the best drug we have. 

4. For eye-strain, from too much study, it 
has no superior. 

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KALI BICHROMICUM. 

BICHROMATE OF POTASH. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Kali 
bichromicum has Jive special centei's of action: 

Muc. M. Copious Viscid^ Ropy Mucoi'rhcea ; Ulcer^fz. 

Liver. Congestion y' Hypertrophy ; Fatty D eg enerafn. 

Kidneys. Tubular Injlam.; Ulceration ; Albuminuria. 

Skin. Pustular Inflammation. 

^ ^ ._. . ( Acute Inflam. 

r iBROUs 1 ISSUE. (Periosteum.) ■{ ^-. -^ . 

^ ^ ( Hypertrophy, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to fat, lig-ht-haired 
people that are scrofulous, and to tertiary 
syphilitic diseases. 

2. Discharges from nose, mouth, throat, 
stomach, uterus, vagina, and bowels, of a 
tough, stringy mucus, which sticks to the 
parts and can be drawn out into strings 
three feet long". 

3. Cough, with expectoration of tough, 
stringy mucus, which sticks to the throat, 
mouth, and lips; the cough is choking and 
croupy; worse in the morning; voice rough 
and hoarse. 

4. Chronic hoarseness; complete aphonia; 
loose, rattling cough. 

181 



152 KALI BICHROMICUM. 

5. Membranous and diphtheritic croup, 
invading- the larynx, trachea, and even the 
bronchi; voice hoarse, uncertain; cough 
hoarse, metalhc; deglutition painful; tonsils 
red, swollen, covered with false membrane 
difficult to detach, with expectoration of 
tough, stringy mucus; coughs up casts of 
an elastic, fibrous nature; loud mucous rales; 
wheezing rattling in sleep. 

6. Tedious cases of sub-acute and chronic 
cough, where the larynx, trachea, bronchi, 
and fauces are involved, with a smooth in- 
flammatory redness of the pharynx and 
fauces; the cough appears loose, but expec- 
toration is very difficult, and of a sticky, 
ropy character. 

7. Morning dyspnoea, with moist, wheez- 
ing, stuffy cough. 

8. Frequent hawking and expectoration of 
tenacious white or yellowish mucus, which 
accumulates in large quantities in the air- 
passages. 

9. The whole nasal mucous membrane 
violently inflamed, or dotted with small ul- 
cers; septum narium completely ulcerated 
away, and the nasal mucous membrane in 



KALI BICHROMICUM. 183 

a state of purulent inflammation; syphilitic 
ozaena; breath extremely fetid. 

10. Fluent coryza, excoriating nose and 
lip; chronic catarrh, especially atonic cases. 
(Here no remedy equals this drug-.) 

11. Chronic catarrh of the fauces, with 
hawking- of much tenacious mucus in the 
morning; ulcers in the fauces and pharynx; 
tongue coated yellow, sometimes red and 
dry. 

12. Burning pain in pit of stomach; gas- 
tric catarrh, with vomiting; ulceration of the 
stomach and duodenum, with acid vomiting. 

13. Stools of mucus, or mucus and blood; 
brown and watery. 

14. Urine deep red and scanty, often albu- 
minous. 

15. Menses too soon, with headache and 
vertigo. 

16. Yellow, ropy leucorrhoea; can be 
drawn out in long strings; very acrid; vulva 
and vagina sw^ollen and raw. 

17. Pustular diseases of the skin; large 
ulcers, as if cut out by a punch, with dark 
center, and overhanging edges. 

18. Chronic periosteal and syphilitic 



184 KALI BROMIDUM. 

rheumatism; tearing pains; the limbs stiff; 
worse mornings. 

19. Aggravation: In the morning, after 
eating; from cold. 

20. Amelioration: In the evening, and 
from heat. 

KALI BROMIDUM. 

BROMIDE OF POTASSIUM. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, reaching 
over into the sympathetic, KaH bromiduni has eleven spe- 
cial centers of action : 

Bromism. Ati'ophy from Diminished Blood-Supply. 

Circulation. Vaso-Motor Arterial Capillary Spasms. 

T_. ( Blood- Pressure Lessened. 

Heart. \ ^ , . . -r^ , . ^ j r , 

[ Arterial Baraly SIS j Bulse i^essened. 

Temperature. Greatly Lessened. 

^ ' ^ ( Sejzsory and JSIotor Paralysis. 

LEREBRO-bPINAL h. \ , , . 

( AncBsthesia. 
Muscular System. Spasms ; Paralysis. 
Sexual O. Paralysis from Diminished Blood-Supply. 
Mucous Mem's. Ancesthesia^ Especially of Throat. 
Glandular System. Secretions Diminished. 
Kidneys. Congestion ; Elimination. 
Skin. AtJicesthesia; Aoie; Pustules j Boils ; Papules. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

L Especially adapted to fleshy people, 
and to diseased organs that are in an 



kALl EROMIDUM. 185 

hypertrophic condition; great loss of flesh 
counter-indicates this remedy. 

2. Nervous diseases, especially epilepsy, 
are the great field for Kali bromidum. It 
has been well ascertained that this remedy 
is most valuable in those cases of epilepsy 
characterized by frequent and violent con- 
vulsive seizures; :petit mal, or epileptoid 
seizures, are, as a rule, not so much bene- 
fited as are cases of grand mal. Cerebral 
congestion, with vascular fullness of the 
retina, as shown by the ophthalmoscope, is 
cured with this drug; but, if there is an- 
aemia of the brain, the Bromide aggravates. 
Alternate it with Iron. 

3. Profound melancholy, from anaemia; 
loss of memory, forgets how to talk; great 
despondency, with insanity; religious delu- 
sions. 

4. Memory absolutely destroyed, from an- 
aemia; patient very much emaciated. 

5. Great difficulty in getting and keeping 
the right word, although the right idea is 
present in the mind. 

6. Delirium tremens, first, or irritative 
stage; the face flushed; eyes red; delirium 



l86 KALI BROMIDUM. 

active; horrid illusions; hard, quick pulse. 
(Five to twenty grains once in two hours.) 

7. Somnambulism, and night terrors of 
children. 

8. Puerperal mania, when attended by 
ferocious or erotic delirium. (Give full 
doses.) 

9. For reflex cerebral irritation, with act- 
ive congestion, in children during teething, 
or with cholera infantum or scarlatina, it is 
of great value. 

10. For tetanus, this is the best known 
remedy, in one drachm doses. 

11. This is a precious remedy in sper- 
matorrhoea, before the paralytic symptoms 
have set in; excessive sexual desire; amo- 
rous dreams; erections, and nocturnal emis- 
sions, and the nervous disturbances growing 
out of unsatisfied sexual desire (given in 
from five to twenty grain doses). 

12. Scanty menstruation in fleshy women; 
excessive sexual desire during the menses. 

13. Ovarian neuralgia from nervous unrest 
which grows out of ungratified sexual desire. 

14. Climacteric, with painful flushings of 
the face, and palpitation of the heart. 



KALI BROMIDUM. 187 

15. For sub-involution of the uterus, of 
great value. 

16. Complete anaesthesia of the throat, so 
that the finger may be carried to the base of 
the tongue, touch the amygdalae or posterior 
nares, and tickle the uvula, without inducing 
an effort to vomit, or deglutition. Of great 
use in laryngoscopy. 

17. Nausea and vomiting of drunkards 
and pregnant women. In some cases of 
pregnancy inject per rectum thirty grains 
twice a day. 

18. Spasmodic, dry, croupy cough, or 
nervous, dry, hysterical cough, or especially 
laryngismus stridulus, from neurosis or re- 
flex irritation. 

19. Spasmodic asthma; dry, nervous, spas- 
modic cough, with great tightness of breath- 
ing. (Large doses in beer.) 

20. Large, indolent, and painful pustules; 
boils; acne. 

21. Aggravation: In the evening. 

22. Amelioration: Mornings. 



KALI CARBONICUM. 

CARBONATE OF POTASH. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Kali 
carbonicum \\2&fou7' special centers of action : 

Mucous Membranes. Co7igestlon. 
Serous Mem. Secretions Diminished.; Rheumatism, 
Bi.ooD. Flbrlne htcreascd ; Rheumatoid Affections. 
Generative Organs. (Female.) Ovarian Atony. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Adapted to aged people, inclined to be 
fleshy, and subject to rheumatoid affections. 

2. Distressing", darting, sticking, shooting 
pains, especially in the joints and inner parts. 

3. Especially characteristic is a stitching 
pain, or a series of sharp, stitching pains, 
which may be felt in any part of the body, 
as in colics, during labor, or in any troubles 
which are accompanied by these sharp, 
stitching pains. 

4. Stitches in the liver; worse in cold air. 

5. Dry hair, rapidly falling off, with much 
dandruff. 

6. Swelling over the upper eyelid, in the 
morning, looking like a little bag; with ag- 
glutination of the lids. 

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KALI CARBONICUM. 189 

7. Sticking" pains in the eyeballs, with 
conjunctivitis. 

8. Nose swollen and red; nostrils sore and 
scurfy; stoppage of nose; frequent bleed- 
ing; pale face and debility. 

9. Deglutition very difficult, from tena- 
cious mucus. 

10. Great disgust for all food. 

11. Intense thirst morning, noon, and 
night. 

12. Obstinate constipation, wuth distress 
and stitching pains. 

13. Dyspepsia of the aged; weak, anaemic, 
easily exhausted; always tired, and suffer 
greatly from backache; great faintness be- 
fore eating; much flatulence after eating, 
with sour eructations. 

14. Menses too early, too profuse, last too 
long; of pungent odor and very acrid, with 
excessive aching pain in the small of the 
b^ck. 

15. Acrid leucorrhoea, with much itching. 

16. Dry, hard, racking cough, especially 
worse at 3 a. m., with sharp, cutting, stab- 
bing pains in the chest, aggravated by heavy 
breathing. 



igO KALI CARBONICUM. 

17. Much weakness and weariness of the 
chest. 

18. Much stiffness and bruised pains in 
the back; feehng- as if the small of the back 
would break; drawing", tearing, stitching 
pains in the limbs; chronic rheumatism. 

19. Copious night sweats, without relief; 
perspires so much, takes cold easily; very 
much prostrated. 

20. The least touch on the parts frightens 
him. 

21. Aggravation: From 2 to 3 a. m.; in 
cold air, or getting cold; from rest; after 
sexual intercourse; during eating, and men- 
struation. 

22. Amelioration: During the day; mo- 
tion; warm open air; w^armth, especially 
wrapping the head up, and sitting in a bent 
position. 



KALI CHLORICUM. 

CHLORATE OF POTASSIUM. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Kali 
chloricum hasfozcr special ce?ztcrs of action : 

Mucous Mem. Destructive InJia7?zmatio7i ; Ulceratio7t. 
Salivary Glands. Salivation. 

Kidneys. Congestion j Injlammation ^ He7no7'7'hage, 
Blood. Fibri7ie Inc7'easedj Scorbutic Condition. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in aphthae and stoma- 
titis; follicular ulcers in the buccal cavity 
and on the tongue; mouth full of saliva; 
glands enlarged and tender. (Put a large 
crystal in the mouth, and let it slowly dis- 
solve, once in three hours.) 

2. Gums inflamed; very sensitive; bleed 
much; heat and dryness of the mouth; peel- 
ing off of the lips. 

3. Breath excessively fetid; in ulceration 
an(J in diphtheria. (Internally and as a 
gargle.) 

4. Catarrhal inflammation of the kidneys; 
albuminuria. 

5. Secondary syphilis, affecting the fau- 
ces. 

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KALI HYDRIODICUM. 

IODIDE OF POTASSIUM. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Kali 
hydriodicum has 7iinc special centers of action: 

Mucous Mem. Congestion; Ulceration; Mucorrhcca. 
Kidneys. Congestion ; InflammaLioit ; Albuminuria. 
Air-Pass. Broncho-Pneujnonia ; Alucorrhcca; Asthma. 
Serous Membranes. Dropsical Effusions. 
FiBR. Tissue. Injiain.; Hypertrophy ; Nightly Pains. 
Blood. Ancej?iia; Fibriiie Increased. 
Glands. Congestion, Induration ; AtropJiy. 
Lymphatics. Hypertrophy ; Ulcer''n; Loss of Function. 
Skin. Acne Indurata; Pustules ; Hydroa. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to scrofulous peo- 
ple of lymphatic temperament, particularly 
if they are suffering with secondary or ter- 
tiary syphilis and chronic periosteal rheu- 
matism. 

2. Syphilis. In the secondary and tertiary 
form, no known drug can equal the Iodide 
of Potash. It is particularly beneficial when 
the disease fixes on the periosteum of the 
bones, or fibrous tissue of the softer organs, 
and forms w^hat are called nodes; it soon 
subdues the pain, and the nodes, if not of 
long standing, quickly disappear. Of very 

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KALI HYDRIODICUM. IQ3 

g^reat service in secondary syphilis of the 
deep-seated and important organs, as well 
as in tubercular syphilitic skin eruptions. 
Dose, from one to twenty grains of the 
crude drug ter die, if you want to make a 
cure. 

3. Anxiety and great sadness; distressing 
depression of the mind and body; irritable, 
dejected, listless, and wretched; exercise 
soon produces fatigue and fainting. 

4. Congestion of the brain, from suppres- 
sion of habitual catarrh, or secondary 
syphilis. 

5. Most intense and violent headache, 
with hard syphilitic nodes on the cranium, 

6. Falling out of the hair from secondary 
syphilis. 

7. Irido-choroiditis or iritis from syphilis. 

8. Effusion of water on the brain; dilated 
pupils; complete blindness; staring, watery 
eyes; frequent moaning and vomiting. 

9. (Edema of the eyelids; pustules on the 
cornea; complete paralysis of the lids, from 
gummata. 

10. Violent sneezing; acrid water run- 
ning from the nose; great redness of the 

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194 KALI HYDRIODICUM. 

nose, throat, and pharynx; copious lachry- 
mation. 

11. Throbbing and burning pains in the 
nasal and frontal bones; ulceration of the 
cartilages; foul, sickening smell; discharge 
of a greenish-black or yellow pus; in tertiary 
syphilis. 

12. Gums ulcerated, and recede from the 
teeth, which are loose; copious bloody sa- 
liva; very offensive breath. 

13. Violent ptyalism, with ulceration of 
the mucous lining of the mouth; surface 
white like milk; submaxillary glands greatly 
swollen. 

14. Vesicles on tongue, with great sore- 
ness and burning; can hardly eat any- 
thing. 

15. Mucous membrane of stomach degen- 
erated, with vomiting; emaciation; diar- 
rhoea, and great emaciation; excessive thirst 
and bloated abdomen. 

16. Chronic diarrhoea in syphilitics; green, 
watery stools. 

17. Gummata of the liver. 

18. Profuse flow of urine; albuminuria. 

19. Inflammation of the testicles and 



KALI HYDRIODICUM. IQS 

penis; muco-purulent dischar§:e from the 
urethra, sometimes bloody. 

20. Loss of sexual desire and erections; 
sexual congress impossible, from paresis. 

21. Menses too scanty, with atrophy of 
the mammae. 

22. Acrid, watery, corrodin.^ leucorrhoea. 

23. Asthma in young people who have 
not gotten their growth, with many rheu- 
matic symptoms about the chest; oppres- 
sion of breathing, which awakens the pa- 
tient in morning hours; especially if there 
is oedema of the lungs. 

24. Mucous phthisis, with purulent expec- 
toration; exhausting night sw^eats, and loose 
stools; many rheumatic pains. 

25. Periosteal rheumatism of a syphilitic 
nature; the bones enlarge and are intensely 
painful at night; rheumatism of the back 
and chest. 

26. Fever where chilliness predommates; 
*hot flashes; little perspiration; aggravated 

at night; great debility. 

27. QEdematous infiltration of tissues, an- 
asarca, especially of a syphilitic origin, and 
the periosteum is much involved, 



196 KALI HYDRIODICUM. 

28. Hypertrophy of all the glands, espe- 
cially of the thyroid, mammae, and testicles. 
The enlargement is due to hypertrophy, and 
not to cystic formation. It is especially 
valuable in bronchocele. 

29. Lead poisoning. No remedy can 
eliminate lead with such certainty and rapid- 
ity as the Iodide. 

30. In Hydrargyrosis the Mercurial salts 
are deposited from the blood in an insoluble 
form in the animal structures. In such 
cases, the Iodide of Potash re-dissolves the 
Mercury back into the blood again, and 
eliminates it through all the glandular sys^ 
tem, especially the kidneys. 

31. Aggravation: The bone-pains are per- 
fectly intolerable at night; from cold air, 
and during rest. 

32. Amelioration: By motion; during the 
day, and warm air. 



KAVA KAVA. 

PIPER METHYSTICUM. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Kava Kava 
has thirteen special centers of action : 

Brain. Dreamy Intoxicatio7i j Somnolence. 

,, ^ ( Toxic Doses Paralyze Resi)i- 

Medulla Oblongata. \ . ^ r 

( ration. 

Spinal Cord. (Sensory Nerves.) A?icesthesia. 

Spinal Cord. (Motor Tract.) Paralyzed. 

r (7) Greatly StimuVd Respiration. 
Vagi Filaments. ■/ (2) Toxic Doses Paralyze^ Through 

( the Medulla Center. 

H{ (7) Sti?)2ulated. 
E A RT J 

' \ {2) Arterial Blood-Pressure Loivered. 

Pulse. Alv:ays Greatly Lessened. 

Vaso-Motor System. Greatly Stimulated. 

nry ( ( -^ ) SUp'htlv Incrcascd. 

Temperature.; ^ ^ ^ ,/ t 7 

{ [2) Greatly Loivered. 

-^ ,^ ^ ( Co?nf>lete Ancesthesia of Con- 

Eyes. (Locally.)^ . ,. 

^ ' \ junctiva. 

Salivary Glands. Copious Salivation. 

Mouth, Throat. (Muc's. M.) Complete A?icEsthesia. 

Kidneys. Powerful Diuretic. 

Urethra. Acute Urethritis j Blennorrhoea. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. It is especially useful in acute gon- 
orrhoea, spasmodic cystitis, urethritis, orchi- 
tis, and catarrhal affections of all mucous 
membranes. 

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iqS kava kava. 

2. In acute gonorrhoea it should be given 
in twenty drop doses, four times a day, each 
dose with a full goblet of water. This in- 
creases the flow of urine, and, from a deep 
brown color, it becomes of a limpid, watery 
nature; the burning and pain during mictu- 
rition are relieved; the discharge gets less 
and less. In four to ten days the patient is 
about well, but the remedy has to be con- 
tinued longer. 

3. Of Bright's disease, with great swelling 
of the legs, ankles, and feet, urine loaded 
with albumen and many casts, many cases 
have been cured; and in albuminuria, 
where the heart is involved, it has been of 
great service. 

4. In urethritis and cystitis with excessive 
pain on voiding urine, it is of great value; 
and in suppurative inflammation and ulcera- 
tion from gravel, it has given good satis- 
faction. 

5. Locally, its anaesthetic powers make it 
almost rank with Cocaine. 



KOLA NUT. 

STERCULIA ACUMINATA. 



Through the cerebro-spiiial nervous system, Kola nut 
has seven special centei's of actio7i : 



Genei'al Nerve Tonic. 
Mentality Stimulated; Wakefulness. 
Heart. Greatly Stimulated; Incr. Blood-Pressure. 
Vaso-AIotor Stimulation. 



Brain. \ 



Circulation. . 

Pulse Regulated. 

Digestive Organs. Greatly Stimulated. 
Liver. Increased Hepatic Secretion ; Bile hicreased. 
Kidneys. Greatly Augments the Secretion of Urine. 
Muscular System. Greatly Stinmlated. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Outranks China, as a reconstituent 
tonic, in diseases of the nervous system, and 
in chronic dyspepsia; the best remedy ever 
discovered to act as a tonic in persons of 
drinking habits. 

2. Nervous dyspepsia, with excessive flat- 
ulence, and diminished functional activity 
of the liver, with great despondency (blue 
devils); palpitation of the heart, and inter- 
mittent pulse. 

3. Indigestion with diarrhoea, and brood- 
ing melancholy; has acted well in tubercu- 
lar diarrhoea. 

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SCO KOLA NUT. 

4. Migraine, and neuralgia of different 
forms, with cerebral disorder, much anaemia^ 
and melancholia. 

5. Vaso-motor neuroses during and fol- 
lowing the menopause, with hot flushes, con- 
gestion of blood to the head, and palpitation 
of the heart; followed by much prostration. 

6. In alcoholic inebriation, it is a specific, 
toning up the whole system as no other drug 
can; promoting the appetite and digestion, 
and lessening the craving appetite for liquor. 
" One of the investigators reported that 
he discovered a man — a European, not a 
Zulu — so drunk that he could neither walk 
nor even talk, but an infusion of Kola per- 
fectly sobered the fellow in thirty minutes." 

7. As a tonic in the first stages of con- 
sumption, with haemoptysis, impaired diges- 
tion, and profound debility, it has done 
wonders. 

8. Asthma with much dyspnoea. It is 
said to be an absolute specific, curing all 
cases, through its action as a tonic on the 
nervous system. 

9. Convalescence from severe ailments, 
such as influenza, typhoid fever, pneumonia, 



KOLA NUT. 201 

rheumatism, cholera, and any exhausting- 
disease. No remedy builds up and supports 
the strength in nervo-muscular debility 
so efficiently as the Kola nut. 

10. Dr. A. Hudson affirms that he has ob- 
tained great relief in cardiac failure from 
chronic endocarditis by the administration 
of 150 grains of Kola paste a day. 

11. A marvelous property, endowing its 
user with power to endure severe and pro- 
longed physical exertion without taking 
food and without feeling fatigue, is the par- 
ticular virtue which has attracted attention 
to the Kola nut. 

12. Dose: Kola may be given, in doses of 
from five grains up to two drachms, three 
times a day. Five-grain tablets are an ele- 
gant form in which to administer the drug. 
The attenuations have not been used yet, 
but they will be found to have their place 
when the remedy is thoroughly proved. 



KREOSOTUM. 

CREOSOTE. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Kreo- 
sotum has ten special centers of action : 

Mucous Mem. C atari- hal Inflammation; Ulceration. 
Vagi. Nausea and Violent Vomiting. 
Intestinai. Canal. Congestion ; Injlam.; Catharsis. 
Kidneys. Strangiiry ; Diuresis ; Diabetes. 
Lymphatic System. Secretions Extremely Acrid. 
Sexual O., Female. Secretions Very Acrid. 
Skin. Humid Eczema; Livid., Copper Colored. 
Blood. Excess of Eibrine ; Liquefed. 
Cerebro-Spinal System. Convulsions ; Paralysis. 
Disinfectant; Antiseptic, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to putrid diseases, 
where the lymphatic system is involved, 
producing great acridity of the secretions; 
tall, slim, old people. 

2. Menses too early, too profuse, and last 
too long-; she thinks she is through, when 
they return again and again. 

3. Constant chilliness during menstrua- 
tion. 

4. Acrid, bloody ichor from the womb, 
excoriating the labia, causing great itching; 
great tendency to hemorrhage. 

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KREOSOTUM. ^03 

5. Very offensive, excoriating lochia; al- 
most ceasing-, then freshening up again and 
again; rapid decomposition of the secre- 
tions. 

6. The pains are always burning like red- 
hot coals. 

7. Uterine cancer, with fetid, bloody, 
acrid, rapidly decomposing secretions; ex- 
treme soreness of the vagina and labia. 

8. Gums bleed readily; ulcerated, with 
excessively foul breath. 

9. Teeth decay as soon as they appear. 

10. Sympathetic vomiting, from uterus, 
kidney, or liver; obstinate vomiting in chil- 
dren. 

11. Cold feeling in the stomach, as if filled 
with cold water. 

12. Diarrhoea; stools very offensive, with 
much prostration. 

13. Great urging to urinate, passing large 
quantities at a time. 

14. Cough, very moist; expectoration, co- 
pious, of a very offensive, greenish yellow 
mucus; great shortness of breath, which is 
excessively fetid. 

15. Burning and stitching pains in the 



204 KREOSOTUM. 

chest, with loose cough, in chronic bron- 
chitis. It is one of the best remedies we 
have in old chronic cases of bronchitis, 
where the secretions of the bronchi are ex- 
tremely fetid and copious. 

i6. Sad, irritable disposition; complexion 
livid. 

17. (Edema of the feet, with fetid sweat. 

18. Great weakness of the body, with a 
tendency to excoriation of all the mucous 
membranes, is the key for the use of this 
drug-. 

19. Aggravation: Cold air; cold weather; 
cold food; morning and night. 

20. Amelioration: From warmth and mo- 
tion. 



LACHESIS. 

TRIGONOCEPHALUS LACHESIS. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Lachesis 
has eight special centers of action : 

( Congestion; Coma. 

' I Sensory Nerve Life Destroyed. 

Cord. Spas7ns; Convulsions ; Sudden Prostration. 

Vagi. Spasms of Throat ; Emesis. 

f Rapid DecojJiposition; Hemorrhage, 

' \ Asthe7iic Fever. 

„ ( Vaso- Motor Paralysis ; Asthenia. 

Circulation. J \ r, 7 j 

[ (Heart.) Paralyzed. 

Skin. Ecchymosis ; Gangrene ; Hemo7'''ges ; yaundicc. 

Gland. S. All Glands Congested; Fatty Dege?teratio7i. 

Sexual O. Ovarian Atony; Scanty^ Delayed Meitses. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Malig-nant local inflammations; blood 
infection, with extreme nervous prostration, 
as in malignant scarlatina, diphtheria, pur- 
pura, pyaemia, and cerebro-spinal meningitis, 
are pre-eminently the field for Lachesis. 

2. Especially suited to women at the cli- 
macteric period, where frequent hot flushes 
are the all-predominant symptoms, accom- 
panied with burning" vertex headaches, and 
pain in the back. 

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206 LACHESIS. 

3. She cannot bear any pressure, not even 
the clothes, upon the uterine region; fre- 
quently lifts them up, not that the abdomen 
is very tender, but the clothes cause an 
uneasiness. 

4. Pain in the left ovarian region, which is 
swollen, increasing more and more until re- 
lieved by a discharge of blood from the 
uterus. 

5. Inability to lie on the right side, on ac- 
count of a sensation as if something were 
rolling over to that side. 

6. Menstruation at the regular time, but 
too short and scanty, with frequent fainting 
spells. 

7. Of great service in the fainting ten- 
dency of women, but most of all in the 
flushings that occur at the critical age, with 
obstinate insomnia. Globus; sensation as 
of a lump in the throat that cannot be swal- 
lowed. 

8.. The throat is so sensitive she cannot 
bear the least touch of the finger; great dry- 
ness of the throat, that impedes swallowing. 

9. The throat seems swollen, as if two 
lumps as large as the fists came together, 



LACHESIS. 207 

but only on empty swallowing, not on eat- 
ing; eating seems to relieve. 

10. Diseases of the throat that commence 
on the left side. 

11. Very painful empty deglutition, with 
feeling of great rawness; liquids are swal- 
lowed with much difficulty, but solids 
easily. 

12. Inflammation, with destructive ulcera- 
tion of the tonsils and fauces; especially 
foul breath, and great prostration. 

13. Malignant diphtheria that destroys the 
nerve-centers at once; throat greatly sw^ol- 
len, internally and externally; discharge 
from the nose and mouth, intensely fetid 
and excoriating; fauces covered with pseu- 
do-membrane that commenced on the left 
side; pulse quick and small; swallowing 
about impossible; gangrenous form; the 
prostration is alarming. 

14. Can endure nothing tight on the 
throat; sensitive even to the touch of linen. 

15. Much bleeding from the gums; they 
feel raw and burn; tongue dry, red, black, 
stiff, and cracked; much trembling of the 
tongue when protruding. 



208 LACHESIS. 

i6. Speech very difficult; the tongue 
heavy, dry, and stiff; aphthous sore mouth. 

17. Copious hemorrhages from the nose; 
face has an expression of great suffering. 

18. Constant thirst, with great dryness of 
the mouth. 

19. Much pain in the pit of the stomach; 
sensation as if a ball was in the stomach; 
cannot bear the clothes on the stomach; 
great discomfort from having clothes tight 
about the waist, must loosen them. 

20. Vomiting of bilious matter, and blood. 

21. Hemorrhages from the bowels in ty- 
phoid fever; flakes of decomposed blood, 
having the appearance and form of perfectly 
charred wheat straw, in longer or shorter 
flat pieces, with portions more or less ground 
up; abdomen greatly distended with gas. 

22. Watery, fetid stools in typhoid con- 
ditions, with burning in anus after stools; 
excessive prostration. 

23. Urine almost black; frequent; foamy 
urine. 

24. When the larynx is touched, it is so 
sensitive, it is as though it would suffocate 
him; the larynx and throat painful when 



LACHESIS. 209 

touched, and on bending the head back- 
ward, producing a dry, hacking cough. 

25. Nervous sore throat; the sense of 
aching is out of all proportion to the visible 
mischief. When chronic, it is the irritable 
sore throat, always uneasy, and causing 
choking, hawking, and coughing, and trying 
to swallow; feeling as of a dry spot in the 
throat, or of a general dryness of the part, 
especially on waking from sleep; also a 
lump in the throat, causing empty degluti- 
tion. 

26. The catarrh of Lachesis has but little 
secretion; great sensitiveness, with dry, 
spasmodic nightly cough. 

27. Constantly obliged to take a deep, 
sighing breath, from nervousness. 

28. Chronic nervous palpitation of the 
heart, in hysterical women, subject to fre- 
quent fainting spells, at the climacteric; 
great shortness of breath; attacks of anguish 
and suffocation. 

29. Carbuncles and boils along the spine, 
with violent burning, throbbing pain; disap- 
pear without suppuration; bed sores with 

black edges; the scars open and bleed; 
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210 LACHESIS. 

yellow or lead-like color of the face and 
skin. 

30. Asthenic cellulitis or erysipelas, often 
goes on to gangrene, and from thence pro- 
ceed blood-poisoning and great prostration 
of the nervous system. 

31. Extreme weakness of the arms and 
legs; cannot raise the arms; sinking of all 
the vital forces, producing complete pros- 
tration, and all the signs of blood poison- 
ing in its worse form. 

32. Very distressing aggravation of all the 
symptoms after sleep; awakens very much 
distressed, and unhappy. 

33. Great sadness and sighing on awak- 
ening in the morning. 

34. Head feels heavy as lead; apoplexy, 
followed by paralysis. 

35. Retinitis apoplectica; hastens the ab- 
sorption of the hemorrhage, and controls 
the inflamm.atory symptoms. 

36. Dimness of vision; much black flick- 
ering before the eyes; fiery rays before the 
eyes; photophobia; v/orse after sleeping. 

37. Aggravation: After sleep; on rising 
from bed; morning and evening; open air; 



LEPTANDRA VIRGINICA. 211 

the throat and body from contact; exiremes 
of temperature; acids; alcoholic drinks, and 
from the sun's rays. 

38. Amelioration: From warmth* while 
eating". 



LEPTANDRA VIRGINICA. 

BLACK ROOT. 

Through the nervous plexus of the intestines, in the 
sub-mucous coat, Leptandra has two special centers of 
action : 

Intestinal Canal. ) 

,^^ ^, ^ \ Lon^estioii : Jjifiam.; Lat/iarsts. 

(Mucous Mem.) ) ^ y J y 

Liver. Secretions Greatly Increased. 



GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to congestion of the 
liver and chronic diarrhoea; inflammation of 
the mucous membrane of the colon; stools 
of mucus, muco-purulent, black and fetid, 
with much abdominal pain, and distention 
of the abdomen. 

2. Stools of mucus, very fetid, with a 
great goneness in the epigastnum; showing 
portal congestion. 



212 LILIUM TIGRINUM. 

3. Very profuse black, fetid stools, that 
run in a stream from the bowels, with much 
colicky pain. 

4. Congestion of the liver; aching- pains 
in the region of the gall-bladder, with much 
jaundice. 

5. Tongue coated yellow; great languor. 

6. Aggravation: Mornings, and during 
the day. 

7. Amelioration: At night, and during 
rest. 



LILIUM TIGRINUM, 

TIGER LILY. 

Through the spinal nervous system, Lilium has three 
special centers of action : 

Sexual Org., Female. Congestion; Hypercesthesia, 
Posterior Spinal Cord. Hypercesthesia. 
Heart. Rejlex Excitability. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Prolapsus uteri, with bearing-down sen- 
sation, accompanied with ovarialgia, and 
palpitation of the heart. 

2. Persistent bearing-down pain in the 



LILIUM TIGRINUM. 213 

uterine region, and a feeling as if the pelvic 
viscera, indeed, the whole abdominal con- 
tents, were being dragged downward, even 
from the chest and shoulders, through the 
vagina, with a constant desire to support the 
parts by pressing the hand against the vulva. 

3. Menses usually scanty; wants to die, 
and knows not why; with yellow-brown, ex- 
coriating leucorrhoea. 

4. Ovarian and uterine neuralgia, relieved 
by pressure. 

5. Morning sickness, with palpitation of 
the heart, and profuse urination, in females 
suffering with prolapsus uteri. 

6. Great tenderness of the mammae. 

7. Wants to urinate all the time, from 
constant pressure on the bladder. 

8. Constant pressure in the rectum, with 
desire to go to stool. 

9. Heart feels as if squeezed in a vise, or 
full to bursting, from congestion; much flut- 
tering and palpitation; a feeling of a load or 
weight in the chest. 

10. Profound mental depression, with 
headache, from uterine displacement, is a 
great key for this drug. 



214 LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM. 

11. Aggravation: At night, and motion. 

12. Amelioration: Day-time; fresh air; 
keeping busy; and from pressure in uterine 
displacements. 



LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM. 

CLUB MOSS. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Lyco- 
podium \v^'~> Jive special centers of actioji: 

Mucous Mem. Atony ^ Catai-rhal InJ1am?nation 

^ _. ( Slow Dis^estion : Flatulence. 

Digestive Organs.^ ^ . °. 

( Lo72stzj)atto?z. 

Liver. Co7zg-estion; Hypertrophy. 

Lymphatics. Atony ^ Coitgestionj Induration. 

Skin. Brown Liver Spots j Eczema^ fapules. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The patient is suffering from an excess 
of hthic acid, or gravel; the urine is dimin- 
ished, and throws down a copious quantity 
of red sand in the vessel or diaper. 

2. Great pain in the back before urmation, 
with great relief as soon as the urine begins 
to flow. 

3. The child screams with pain before uri- 
nating; the urine is scanty, and filled with 



LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM. 2l5 

red sand, deposited in the diaper, which is 
stained yellow. 

4. Calculus, with haematuria; urine dark 
and fetid, with renal colic; the pains are 
sharp and burning. 

5. Excessive accumulation of flatus. 

6. Constant sensation of satiety, takes no 
food, and, if asked why, says, '' I want noth- 
ing, because I am full;" the least morsel 
causes a sensation of fullness up to the 
throat. 

7. Goes to meals with a vigorous appetite, 
but a few mouthfuls fill him up full. 

8. Great accumulation of gas in the intes- 
tines, which presses up and causes difficulty 
in breathing. 

9. Constant sensation of fermentation in 
the abdomen, like a pot of yeast working, 
with much borborygmus, particularly in the 
left hypochondrium. 

10. Sour vomiting, with cutting pains in 
the stomach. 

n. Dyspepsia, with loud croaking in the 
abdomen. 

12. Old hepatic congestions. The liver is 
very tender on pressure, with aching pains; 



2l6 LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM. 

very sensitive to contact; cannot stretch or 
stand upright, it pains the hver so severely, 
with much jaundice. 

13. Constipation; almost impossible to 
evacuate the bowels, with spasmodic con- 
striction of the anus preventing; stool. 

14. Rectum contracts, and protrudes dur- 
ing hard stool, with stitches in the anus; 
varices protrude, and are very painful to the 
touch; worse nights, with bleeding piles. 

15. Menses too soon and too profuse, with 
much borborygmus. 

16. Chronic dryness of the vagina, with 
discharge of wind from the vagina. 

17. Physometra of the uterus, similar to 
pregnancy, with tympanitis of the whole 
abdomen. 

18. This is a remedy of great value in 
organic diseases of the lungs. Persistent 
catarrh, with much general weakness; takes 
cold very easily; cold air chills him through 
and through. 

19. Passive catarrh of the air-passages, 
with copious expectoration of muco-purulent 
sputa; the cough is loose, rattling, but ex- 
pectoration is not easy; cough sounds loose, 



LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM. 21/' 

but the secretion remains in the lungs very 
tenaciously; sputa thick, yellow or greenish. 

20. It has a vitalizing influence in those 
forms of bronchitis characterized by copious 
muco-serous or muco-purulent secretion 
from emphysema, or dilatation of the air- 
tubes, as well as in senile catarrh, with con- 
stant tickling cough, worse at night, and 
with numerous loud mucous rales and rare 
and scanty sputa. 

21. Fan-like motion of the alae nasi in 
respiratory diseases. 

22. Great emaciation of the upper portion 
of the body, while the lower portion is enor- 
mously distended. 

23. Night sweats; perspiration cold, clam- 
my, sour, fetid, smelling like onions; more 
about the chest. 

24. Great shortness of breath during sleep, 
in lung troubles; violent oppression of the 
chest, worse in the open air. 

25. Neglected cases of pneumonia, *with 
hepatization and purulent sputa; hydrotho- 
rax. 

26. Chronic inflammatory degeneration of 
the skin; plica polonica; eruptions bleed 



2l8 LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM. 

readily; suppurating- eczema of the head, 
with swollen cervical glands; dry porrigo. 

27. Grayish-yellow color of the skin. 

28. The mind confused about every-day 
things; speaks wrong words and syllables; 
great mental and nervous weakness; fear of 
being left alone; melancholia. 

29. Chronic nasal catarrh; mucous mem- 
brane swollen, cannot breathe through it; 
great feeling of dryness of the nose, with 
yellowish-gray face. 

30. Fever where the chill predominates; 
cannot get warm, even by a stove. Hectic 
fever, with copious night sweats, mostly on 
chest; also with profuse perspiration in the 
forenoon. 

31. Aggravation: Especially from 4 to 6 
p. m.; from eating or drinking; wrapping 
up the head; especially from getting cold; 
from lying down. 

32. Amelioration: From continued mo- 
tion; after midnight; forenoon; warm food 
or drink; eructations, and getting warm in 
bed. 



MAGNESIA CARBONICA. 

CARBONATE OF MAGNESIA. 

Through the filaments of the nervous ganglia in the 
muscular coats of the intestines, Magnesia has three spe- 
cial centers of actiofi : 

Intestinal Mucous M. Ificr. Secretions ; Catharsis. 

Kidneys. Lithiasis; Urine Alkaline. 

Sexual O., Female. Atony ; Alenses Scanty; Delayed. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The Carbonate of Magnesia is espe- 
cially adapted to acid constitutions; the 
whole child smells sour; sour vomiting;; 
sour stools; much thirst. 

2. Watery, green, sour, frothy stools; 
much colic; excessive distention of the ab- 
domen with gas. 

3. Sharp, burning pains in the rectum. 

4. Bitter, sour taste, with much mucus in 
the throat. 

5. Desire for acid fruit, or meat; aversion 
to green fruit. 

6. Menses too late, or absent; has a sore 
throat during every menstrual period. 

7. Sad, disconsolate; congestion of blood 
to the head, with pressive frontal headache, 
and very sour stomach. 



220 MAGNESIA MURIATICA. 

8. From indigestion, great disposition to 
furuncles. 

9. Sour-smelling- perspiration, difficult to 
wash off. 

10. Aggravation: Morning; motion; and 
rainy weather. 

11. Amelioration: In the afternoon; even- 
ing; and slight motion. 



MAGNESIA MURIATICA. 

MURIATE OF MAGNESIA. 

Through Meissner's plexus, or nervous ganglia in the 
submucous coat of the intestines, Magnesia muriatica has 
three special centers of action : 

Stomach. Catarrh; Nausea and Vomiting. 

( Conprestion ; Catharsis. 
Intestines.^ ^j ,. , ^ 

( Ubsti7iate Lonstipation. 

Liver. Congestion ; Hypertrophy ; yaundice. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Particularly useful in diseases of the 
liver and bowels, where obstinate constipa- 
tion, stools crumbling as they pass from the 
bowel, is the most prominent symptom. 

2. Slow dentition, with large, distended 
abdomen and obstinate constipation. 



MAGNESIA MURIATICA. 221 

3. Bad taste in the mouth, with poor ap- 
petite. 

4. Obstinate gastralgia, with constipation. 

5. Sharp, burning pains in the Hver, with 
induration and jaundice; stools hard and 
crumbhng and passed with great difficulty. 

6. Much excited at the menstrual period, 
with sleeplessness and fainting fits. 

7. Swelling of the glands, with many boils 
following each other, from indigestion. 

8. Takes cold very easily. 

9. Aggravation: During the night; from 
cold, and out of bed. 

ID. Amelioration: In daytime; warmth; 
pressure, and in bed. 



MERCURIUS 

HYDRARGYRUM, OR QUICKSILVER. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Mer- 
cury has sixteen special centers of action : 

_. ( Paralysis ; Conrestion; Inflammation. 

Lymphatics. ■< rn ,- ^ -^ 

( Ulceration. 

Salivary Glands. Salivation ; Excessive JFctor. 

Pancreas. Salivation; Injiammation ; Hypertrophy. 

Liver. Bile Greatly Incr.; Jaiuidice; Induration. 

Congestion; Inflainmation ; Albuminuria. 



Kidneys. . ^^ , , 
JJiabctes 

Mucous Mem. (Air-Passages.) CatarrJial Injlam. 

Intestinal Canal. Incr. Peristalsis ; Catharsis. 

Mucous J\L (Lntestinal.) Conges.; Injlam. ; Hem. 

Eyes. Congestion; Injlam.; Ulceratioji ; Iritis. 

Serous Membranes. Iijlammation ; Effusion. 

( Conges.; Injlam. 
Periosteum, (tibrous 1issue.)-< ^, ' . 

^ ( Kheitmatisni. 

Long Bones. Injlam.; Caries ; \ightly Bone- Pain. 

Decomposed; Fibrinc^ Albumen^ and Red Glob- 



Blood. ^ , ^ 7 

utes IJecreased. 

Cerebro-vSpinal System. Neuroses ; Shaking Palsy. 

^ ^^ _ ( Me?iorrhagia ; Amenorrhcca. 

Sexual Org., r emale. v _ ^. 

( Aitscarriage. 

Skin. Jaundice; Vesicular and Pustular Eczema. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially a glandular remedy (sali- 
vary, liver, and lymphatics), and no drug- 
prevents suppuration, in the acute and sub- 
acute stage, as certainly as Mercury. 

222 



MERCURIUS. 223 

2. All the symptoms are greatly ag-g:ra- 
vated at night, from warmth in bed, and 
cold, damp, rainy weather. 

3. Profuse perspiration that does not re- 
lieve, accompanies most complaints where 
Mercury is indicated. 

4. Congestion, and sluggish circulation of 
the portal system, and of the whole venous 
system, probably explain why the pains are 
so aggravated at night, and the evening air 
chills him so much, and why he perspires at 
every movement. 

5. Hurried talking; slow in answering 
questions; intellect very weak; low mutter- 
ing delirium; no sleep after midnight. 

6. Dull, stupid feeling, with dizziness, 
(biliousness). 

7. Headache, compressive and constrict- 
ive in character, the eyes yellowish; partial 
or complete deafness (portal); congestion 
of the head, with a feeling as if it would 
burst. 

8. Hydrocephalus; precocious children; 
sutures open; dirty color of the face; body 
bathed at night with copious sour perspi- 
ration. 



224 MERCURIUS. 

Q. Exostosis on the scalp; very sore to 
touch; worse at night; the scalp is painful 
to touch, with falling- out of the hair. 

10. Eczema, or scald head. Locally Cal- 
omel ointment, one drachm to the ounce of 
Lanoline, ter die. Best known remedy. 

11. Lice on the head or on the pubes, are 
destroyed at once with Mercurial ointment. 
A five per cent, solution of oleate of Mer- 
cury in Oleic acid, with one-eighth part of 
Ether, will destroy pedicula at once. 

12. Inflammations of the conjunctiva and 
cornea, ulcerative, phlyctenular, or catar- 
rhal; the ulcers of the cornea are very 
vascular; the dread of light is intense; 
lachrymation profuse, burning, and exco- 
riating; muco-purulent secretion is very 
thin, acrid, and always worse at night. 

13. For iritis, especially if syphilitic, with 
sore, tearing pains around the eye, greatly 
aggravated at night, Mercury is the great 
remedy; the same in retinitis and choroidi- 
tis; either syphilitic or rheumatic. 

14. If he attempts to look at anything, the 
eyes are involuntarily drawn together; the 
more he tries to restrain the contraction, 



MERCURIUS. 225 

the less able he is to prevent it, must He 
down and close the eyes; intolerance of 
daylight or firelight. 

15. Bloody and offensive matter flows 
from the ears, with tearing- pains; chronic 
catarrh of the middle ear, extending along 
the Eustachian tube; roaring, ringing, sing- 
ing, with deafness. (Use the Mercurius dul- 
cis 2d or 3d decimal.) 

16. This is our best remedy for acute, sub- 
acute, and chronic catarrh of the nose, co- 
pious discharge of corroding mucus, and 
fluent coryza. (Use the Iodide.) 

17. Copious hemorrhages in putrid diph- 
theria. 

18. Offensive odor from the nose; acrid 
pus flows from the nose; inflammation and 
caries of the nasal bones. (Use the Iodide.) 

ig. Teeth decay and become loose; gums 
bleed from slightest touch, and ulcerate; 
teeth sore, loose, and feel too long; odon- 
talgia, especially at night; periosteal inflam- 
mation and ulceration. 

20. Breath extremely fetid, from ulcers in 
the mouth. 

21. Red, moist tongue, with much burning 

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226 MERCURIUS. 

and great thirst; heavy, thick, yellow, moist 
coating on the tongue. 

22. Tongue swollen, and so soft on the 
margin that it shows the imprint of the 
teeth in scallops, which look ulcerated. 

23. Profuse salivation, with great fetor of 
the breath; salivary glands greatly swollen; 
tongue shows the marks of the teeth. 

24. The secretion of slimy, stringy mucus 
from the mouth is very characteristic, 
especially before ulceration in tonsilitis; 
this mucus can be drawn out into long 
strings. 

25. Ulceration of the inner surface of the 
lips, cheeks, gums, tongue, and palate, with 
much flow of mucus. 

26. To arrest suppuration of the tonsils, 
nothing can equal the local application of 
Mercurius cor., ist decimal, applied with a 
camel's-hair brush; suppuration of the ton- 
sils, with profuse flow of ropy saliva; con- 
stant desire to swallow, with sharp, sticking 
pains in the fauces when swallowing. 

27. Dryness and pain in the throat, as if 
an apple-core was sticking in it, that causes 
constant inclination to swallow; unable to 



MERCURIUS. 227 

swallow liquids, they return through the 
nose. 

28. Diphtheria, especially the asthenic, 
putrid form; the pseudo-membrane is of a 
dark-gray color, characteristic of the drug; 
the exudate not only covers the tonsils, and 
the whole of the soft palate, uvula, and fau- 
ces, but extends up into the nares, com- 
pletely occluding the nostrils, and down into 
the larynx and trachea, with enormous pain- 
ful glandular swellings. In this form use 
the Cyanuret or Corrosive sublimate of 
Mercury. 

29. Syphilitic angina, with much redness 
and swelling of the whole fauces; ulceration 
of the larynx and complete aphonia; the 
whole back part of the throat covered with 
a white, fetid exudate; the chronic catarrhal 
inflammation extends to the nose, with com- 
plete destruction of the nasal bones; the 
breath very fetid; tearing nightly pains. 
(Use the Iodide.) 

30. Thirst, violent and constant, taking 
large quantities at a time; the patient can- 
not be satiated, but calls for water inces- 
santly. 



228 MERCURIUS. 

31. Excessive hunger, or loss of appetite, 
in bilious diseases. 

32. Qualmishness and a peculiar sense of 
weakness and great tenderness of the pit of 
the stomach, and abdomen. 

33. Chronic gastric catarrh, with disten- 
tion and soreness of the epigastrium and 
transverse colon, with frequent vomiting. 

34. Inflammation of the liver; it is very 
tender; much jaundice; sub-acute and 
chronic suppuration; violent stitches in the 
hepatic region, preventing deep breathing; 
abdomen hard, and distended with gas; he 
cannot lie on the right side. 

35. Torpidity of the liver, where deficient 
secretion of bile is indicated by white, cos- 
tive, and offensive stools, loss of appetite, 
and great depression of spirits; the patient 
is very languid, can hardly get around, with 
great melancholia. 

36. Gallstones, with much jaundice and 
biliary colic. Cathartic doses of from ten 
to forty grains of Calomel will often dis- 
lodge the stones, when every other remedy 
fails. 

37. Diarrhoea, copious, watery, or of green 



MERCURIUS. 229 

mucus, with burning and protrusion of the 
anus; dysentery of great violence, stools of 
mucus and blood, or pure blood, with ex- 
cessive tenesmus and colicky pains before 
and during- stool, and tenesmus after. Cor- 
rosive sublimate is the specific. 

38. The stool of Mercury is marked by 
the great characteristic that the desire for 
stool is not relieved by the evacuation; 
must sit and strain for an indefinite period; 
*' never-get-done feeling." 

39. Urine scanty, red, with strong smell 
and highly albuminous; or suppression of 
urine; it is passed with great difficulty; 
filled with mucus; extremely turbid as soon 
as voided, depositing a heavy sediment. 

40. Haematuria, with violent tenesmus of 
the bladder; urine mixed with blood, pus, 
and mucus. 

41. Burning in the urethra when urinating. 

42. Gonorrhoea, second stage; discharge 
thick, yellow, or greenish, not accompanied 
with much pain. 

43. Phagedenic ulcerations of the glans 
penis; they eat deep in and spread. (Use 
Calomel locally.) 



230 MERCURIUS. 

44. Great inflammation and hypertrophy 
of the testicles. 

45. Inflammation and ulceration of the 
inguinal glands. (Iodide.) 

46. Vulva much swollen, raw and sore; 
burning, smarting, corroding leucorrhoea; 
discharges of flecks of pus and mucus as 
large as hazelnuts, worse at night; venereal 
ulcers. 

47. Prolapsus of the vagina, with sensa- 
tion of great rawness in the whole organ. 

48. Pain in the mammae as if they would 
ulcerate at every menstrual period; suppu- 
ration of the mammae. 

49. The menses too profuse, with much 
colic. 

50. Miscarriage from secondary syphilis. 

51. Adapted to a dry cough that is pass- 
ing into the moist stage, greatly aggravated 
at night; hoarse, rough voice, burning in 
the larynx. 

52. Violent fluent coryza, with an acrid, 
watery discharge, making the nose and lip 
red and very sore. 

53. Ulcerations and eruptions on the skin 
are swollen and have a raw appearance; 



MERCURIUS. 231 

watery vesicles and blotches, turn yellow 
and suppurate. (Locally and internally.) 
Readily bleeding- ulcers. 

54. Eruptions on the skin that itch greatly, 
and discharge an acrid secretion that exco- 
riates the adjacent surfaces. For tinea 
capitis, Calomel ointment, or glycerole, is 
the best known application. 

55. Skin greatly jaundiced, with much 
itching of the abdomen; skin dirty yellow, 
rough, and dry. 

56. Variola durin^g the suppurative stage. 

57. Fever. Here the sphere for this drug 
is found in adhesive inflammations of serous 
membranes, to arrest suppuration, and heal 
ulceration. 

58. Catarrhal fevers; frequent chills alter- 
nating with heat; violent and constant thirst 
for cold drinks; profuse and sour-smelling 
night sweats, staining the linen yellow. 

59. Profuse sour-smelling, cold, clammy 
night sweats; sweating with all complaints 
gives no relief. 

60. For worm fever caused by lumbrici, it 
is our best remedy. 

61. Great trembling of the hands; legs are 



232 MILLEFOLIUM. 

SO weak can hardly stand; arms and legs 
sore to the touch. 

62. Nightly bone-pains, drawing" and tear- 
ing in all the limbs, aggravated by warmth 
and at night; periosteal rheumatism, with 
nodes. 

63. Anasarca of all the limbs, particularly 
the feet. 

64. Aggravation: In the evening, particu- 
larly at night; from heat of bed; during per- 
spiration; while lying on the right side; dur- 
ing stool; cold evening air; damp, cold 
weather; motion, and after sleep. 

65. Amelioration: From rest; during the 
day; during work, and after breakfast. 



MILLEFOLIUM. 

YARROW. 

Through the spinal nervous system, Millefolium has 
one s-pecial center of action : 

Venous Capillaries. Hcemostatic Contraction. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Its special sphere of usefulness is in 
arresting active hemorrhages from the nose, 



MILLEFOLIUM. 233 

lungfs, kidneys, bowels, and sexual organs 
in women. The hemorrhao-es are more 
active than those of HamameHs, and without 
the nausea and vomiting that attend Ipe- 
cacuanha. 

2. Active haemoptysis, with oppression 
and palpitation of the heart, without much 
cough; in atonic constitutions. 

3. Obstinate chronic hemorrhages from 
all the outlets of the body; malaise and 
great weakness. 

4. Menorrhagia and metrorrhagia, with 
congestive headache and much palpitation 
of the heart. 

5. Typhoid fever; much tympanitis and 
active hemorrhage from the bowels. 

6. Painful varicose veins during preg- 
nancy. 

7. Aggravation: Evening and at night. 

8. Amelioration: During the day. 



MOSCHUS. 

MUSK. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Moschus 
has three special centers of action : 

^ ,, ^, ( Excite7ne7it of the Excito- 

Lerebro-Spinal System. K ,^ ^ -^ 

( iMotor >Syste7n, 

Circulation. Incr. Vaso-Motor Capillary Excitement. 

Sexual Organs. Excessive Venereal Excitement. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Its great sphere of usefulness is in 
hysterical women, with great nervous ex- 
citement; spasms; uncontrollable laughter; 
fainting and violent palpitation of the heart; 
copious watery urine; coldness and fainting 
predominate. 

2. Laryngismus stridulus; suffocative con- 
striction of the chest, and violent palpitation 
of the heart. 

3. Violent sexual desire, with intolerable 
titillation in the genital organs, in both male 
and female. 

4. Menses too early, too profuse, with in- 
tolerable itching of the genitalia, much 
chilliness, and great tendency to faint. 

5. Coldness of the skin is a leading char- 
acteristic of this drug, with much nervous 

234 



MOSCHUS. 235 

trembling- and frequent fainting. 

6. Mouth and throat dry and hot; bitter, 
putrid taste; great thirst, and the sight of 
food makes her sick. 

7. Spasmodic nervous hiccough; loud 
eructations, in nervous, hysterical people. 
(It is our best remedy.) 

8. Nausea and vomiting, pressive burning 
pains in the stomach, which is greatly dis- 
tended with gas; excessive tympanitis of 
the whole abdomen, especially in hysterical 
women; watery, nightly diarrhoea. 

9. Urine copious and watery, in hysterical 
women. 

10. Diabetes; great thirst; profuse urina- 
tion, loaded with sugar; emaciation; and 
loss of sexual desire, especially in women. 

11. Aggravation: From cold; in the open 
air, and especially after sleeping. 

12. Amelioration: From warmth, and in 
a warm room. 



NAPHTHALIN. 

FROM COAL TAR. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Naphthalin 
has six special centers of action : 

n Q c J Co7igestio7i : Vertigo; Convulsions. 

\^ EREBRO- oPIN. o. \ j-^ ■, > . -r^ 

( JDelirious Urunkeniiess. 

Vagi. Spasmodic Asthma; Bronchorrhoea. 

Urinary Organs. Hccmaturia ; Pyelitis ; Strangury. 

Eyes. (Dogs.) Cataract. 

^ -r ^ ( Congestion ; Flatulence. 

Ltastro-Intestinal Iract. -^ ^. , 

( Diarrhoea. 

Antiseptic. In Surgery : Ulcerations^ as a Dressing. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Inveterate cases of hay fever, or spas- 
modic asthma; spasmodic bronchitis and 
asthma, worse in the open air; fullness in 
the frontal region; soreness in the chest; 
often associated with emphysema; great 
dyspnoea and sighing respiration; exco- 
riating secretions. 

2. Hydronaphthol, in the treatment of 
phthisis has been found of great value by 
Dr. C. B. Smith. The hectic fever disap- 
pears, the appetite returns, the cough less- 
ens, the lungs clear, and the patient gains in 
weight, some having gained four pounds in 

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NAPHTHALIN. 237 

one week. A cure is made in the incipient 
stag^e, inside of three weeks; in the second 
stage, fifty per cent cured inside of five 
weeks; in the last stag"e, hfe is prolonged, 
and some cures are made. (Use a solution 
of five grains to one drachm of Glycerine 
hypodermically, at first twice daily, and 
then once a day, fifteen to thirty drops at 
a time.) 

3. Whooping cough, with long continued 
paroxysms; cannot get an inspiration; puffi- 
ness of the face. 

4. Ulceration of the bowels, producing 
chronic diarrhoea; obstinate cases of dys- 
entery. (Large doses of this drug have 
proved very efficient.) 

5. Excellent as an antiseptic dressing in 
ulceration of the skin. 



NATRUM MURIATICUM. 

CHLORIDE OF SODIUM. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Na- 
trum muriaticum has eleven special centers of action: 

^ ( Ance?nia : Great Loss of Kcd Corpiiscles. 

Blood. -^ ^ 

( ocz^;"zr)/. 

Lymphatics. Secretions Excessively Excoriating. 

Liver. Hypertrophy j yaundice; Great Despondency. 

Spleen. Hypertrophy^ zvith Great Ancemia. 

Salivary Glands. Incr. and Perverted Secretions. 

Mucous Membranes. Congestion; Injlainmation. 

Digestive Organs. Incr. Secretions ; Constipation. 

{ Eczema: Eoils : Urticaria ; Fissures. 
Skin. J / . 

( Eoss oj Ilair. 

Eyes. Excoriating Secretions. 

c. r^ ^ \ Atony; Delayed Menses. 

Sexual Organs, i^ emale. i ^ ,- .> r 7^ • 

( Eoss of <Sexnal Desire. 

Spinal CoKD. Great Chilliness from Anccmia. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great sympathetic nervous system 
is profoundly prostrated by Chloride of So- 
dium, as shown by the emaciation, anaemia, 
weariness, and complete prostration of the 
vital forces. 

2. Intermittent fever of long; standing, 
especially after the abuse of Quinine; sallow 
complexion; great debility; violent conges- 
tion of blood to the head, producing a 

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NATRUM MURIATICUM. 239 

bursting- headache; during the hot stage 
the thirst is excessive; but the chilly stage 
predominates; and there soon appear hy- 
droa on the lips. These fever-blisters, hy- 
droa, upon the lips, are a positive indication 
for Salt. Spinal intermittents; the chill is 
more apt to come on in the forenoon, about 
II a. m., and is long lasting, followed by 
long-continued dry heat and but slight per- 
spiration; the bursting headache lasts dur- 
ing" the whole of the fever period, and into 
the apyrexia. 

3. Thirst for large quantities of water be- 
fore the chill; this thirst continues through 
the paroxysm; violent chill with headache; 
after the chill the headache increases 
greatly; feels as if the brain were being 
beaten with thousands of little hammers; 
after the fever, sweat, and the patient wishes 
to lie a long time. 

4. Chronic cases, with great enlargement 
of the spleen and liver, with hydraemia and 
weakness, constipation and loss of appetite. 

5. Hypochondriacal; sad and hopeless 
about the future; consolation aggravates; 
somnambulistic rising at night. 



240 NATRUM MURIATICUIM. 

6. Eyes excessively sore, red, inflamed; 
great lachrymation, which is very excoriat- 
ing; disgusting eyehds, with sallow com- 
plexion. 

7. For asthenopia, particularly muscular, 
we possess no better remedy, especially if 
there is a drawing, stiff sensation in the 
muscles of the eyes upon moving them, with 
much heat in the eyes, and acrid secretions; 
fiery points constantly before the eyes; ob- 
jects become confused. 

8. White-coated or mapped tongue; aph- 
thae of the mouth; loss of taste; the tongue 
seems dry when it is not dry; scorbutic, pu- 
trid inflammation of the gums; bloody 
saliva, and difficulty of talking. 

9. Bread is disgusting to the patient; bit- 
ter taste; no appetite. 

10. Dryness of various portions of the mu- 
cous membranes, as the lips, mouth, tongue, 
posterior nares, larynx, and vagina. 

11. Very violent and unquenchable thirst, 
especially in malarial fevers, with a feeling 
of great weakness and sinking in the epi- 
gastrium. 

12. Of great value in dyspepsia; eating 



NATRUM MURIATICUM. 24 1 

produces a dull, aching- distention about the 
hver and abdomen; the bihous and dyspep- 
tic symptoms are very marked, with alter- 
nate constipation and diarrhoea; the stools 
are very watery, with much thirst, worse 
from moving about. 

13. General weakness, and sinking of the 
abdominal muscles and viscera, extending 
down into the pelvis; women have to sit 
down, apparently to prevent prolapsus. 

14. Constipation; difficult expulsion of 
stool, fissuring the anus, with a flow of 
blood, leaving a sensation of great soreness 
in the anus; sensation of contraction of the 
rectum during stool; faeces evacuated with 
great difficulty; stools dry and crumbling. 

15. Chronic watery, excoriating diarrhoea, 
with great burning of the anus, and much 
emaciation. 

16. Urine dark like coffee, with heat in 
renal region; haematuria in scurvy; poly- 
uria, with great thirst. 

17. Menses retarded and scanty, with 
much anxiety and a disposition to faint. 
Especially called for in females whose 
menses delay and decrease more and more; 

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242 NATRUM MURIATICUM. 

every morning" awakes with a violent head- 
ache; very sad and gloomy during the 
menses. 

'18. Acrid, corroding leucorrhoea. 

ig. Chlorosis, chronic cases; cachectic fe- 
males, with pale, dirty-looking skin; fre- 
quent palpitation of the heart, and oppres- 
sion of the chest. 

20. Dryness of the vagina, very painful 
during coition. 

21. Subinvolution, in cachectic females, 
with acrid secretions. 

22. Catarrh, discharge clear, watery, acrid, 
with cold-sores, or fever-blisters, on the lips; 
chronic bronchitis, with profuse secretion of 
mucus. 

23. Skin dirty, dry, and withered, often 
with vesicular eruption, especially in the 
joints; hangnails, skin around the nails dry 
and cracked. 

24. Great emaciation while living well; 
easily fatigued; complete mental and phys- 
ical prostration. The great weakness and 
weariness should ahvays be kept in mind in 
cases that call for Salt. 

25. Aggravation: Mornings; periodically; 



NUX MOSCHATA. 243 

heat in general; after exertion; especially 
after the abuse of Quinine. 

26. Amelioration: In the open air; noon; 
sitting" up, and while fasting. 



NUX MOSCHATA. 

NUTMEG. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Nux mos- 
chata has three special cejitei'S of action : 

^ c. C-. \ Insonniia; Hypcrccsthcsia. 

CEREBRO-bPixAL System. < ^ . . 

( I ai'atysis. 

Digestive O. Great Dryness of Mouth ; Indigestion. 

Ovario-Uterine Organs. Hysterical Condition. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to nervous, hyster- 
ical people who suddenly change from grave 
to gay, and whose ailments are accompanied 
by sleepiness and inclination to faint. 

2. Sleepiness in some cases, disposition to 
faint in others, are remarkably characteris- 
tic of this drug; very sluggish flow of ideas. 

3. Awakens with a very dry mouth; the 
tongue is so dry it sticks to the mouth; very 
great dryness of the mouth; the saliva 
seemed like cotton. 



244 NUX MOSCHATi^ 

4. Great dryness of the throat, it feels 
stiffened, without thirst; cannot talk, the 
mouth and throat are so dry. 

5. Great pain in the teeth from inhaling- 
cold air, or taking warm drinks; feeling as 
if the teeth were being grasped to be pulled 
out. 

6. Enormous distention of the abdomen 
after every meal; nervous irritation of the 
intestinal tract; the stomach and abdomen 
greatly distended, and all her symptoms 
worse after every unpleasant emotion. 

7. Soft, diarrhoeic stool, or like chopped 
eggs; loss of appetite; great sleepiness, and 
tendency to faint. 

8. Menses too early and too profuse, with 
discharge of thick black blood; during 
every menstrual period, the throat, mouth, 
and tongue become intolerably dry, particu- 
larly after sleeping; back aches as if broken. 

g. During pregnancy has great fullness of 
the stomach, with difficulty in breathing, 
and very hysterical. 

10. Dry, nervous, hysterical cough; sud- 
den hoarseness; nervous aphonia; oppres- 
sion of the chest, and frequent fainting Lts. 



NUX MOSCHATA. 245 

11. Great weakness and fatigue; has to 
lie down from the least exertion; hysterical 
convulsions, with a stupid state; the skin is 
very dry. 

12. Chilliness and heat without thirst; 
want of perspiration, and no thirst. 

13- Aggravation: In cold air; wet, windy, 
damp weather; open air; motion; and at 
night. 

14. Amelioration: From warmth; during 
rest; in dry, settled weather, and in a warm 
room. 



NUX VOMICA. 

STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Nux vom- 
ica has Jifteen special centers of action : 

^ ,^ -r. .\ Tetanic Convulsions. 

Cord. (Gray Portion. ) ^ t^ i r ^ 7 • 

^ ( Ucat/i from Asphyxia. 

Motor Nerves. ExJiaitstion; Paralysis. 

Sensory Nerves. Ilypencsthesia. 

Eyp:s. Pupils Contracted ; Ilypenesthesia / Vision Incr. 

Ears. Hearing Aiigviented, 

Nose. Sense of Smell Increased. 

Heart. Paresis of InJiibitory Nerves. 

^, ( Vaso- Motor Spasms. 

Circulation.^ , . . f . . j^, , ^ 

( increased Arterial hlood-J^ressure. 

Stomach. Appetite Incr.; Acid Vo7niting ; Gastralgia. 

Intestinal Canal. Constipation ; HcEtnorr holds. 

Bladder. Paralysis of JMuscular Coat ; Incontinence. 

Sexual O., Male. Incr. Sexual Desire ; Impotence. 

Sexual O., Female. Menses too Soon; Last too Long, 

Lungs. Dry Cough ; Flatulent Asthma. 

Blood. Oxidation Arrested, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to people with chol- 
eric, sang-uine, malicious, irritable tempera- 
ment; that are thin, spare, and very sensi- 
tive to external impressions. 

2. Diseases caused by high living, stimu- 
lating drinks, highly seasoned food, drastic 
purgative medicines, or a sedentary life. 

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NUX VOMICA. 247 

3. Symptoms a§:§;ravated in the early 
morning;; the patient has a very tired, worn- 
out feehng on waking; cannot sleep after 
3 a. m., ideas crowd upon the mind so as to 
keep him awake for hours. 

4. The pains caused by Nux vomica are 
ting;ling-, hard, aching, sticking pains, aggra- 
vated by motion, and especially by contact. 

5. Quarrelsome, even to violence; every 
harmless word offends; great irritability; 
no desire to talk to any one; very sullen, 
gives surly answers; doesn't wish to be 
touched; wants to be alone. 

6. Hypochondriasis after eating, and af- 
fected by the slightest thing; intolerance of 
noise or talking; music and singing are 
intolerable; even strong odors aggravate, 
or a bright light. 

7. Headache; feels as if head would split 
open in the morning, with sour vomiting, 
brought on by close mental work; dread of 
literary work, of which one must think in 
the morning; the headache commences in 
the morning, and increases through the day, 
growing milder in the evening, with vertigo; 
dimness of vision; sour, bitter vomiting; 



248 NUX VOMICA. 

constipation, with haemorrhoids; worse from 
noise or from light, in the open air, or after 
eating. 

8. Feehng" as if the head was larger than 
his body, as large as a church; much in- 
toxication and confusion of the mind; can- 
not think, or remember anything. 

9. All these symptoms show that diseases 
of the mind and head are merely sympa- 
thetic, caused by some gastric or hepatic 
disorder. 

10. Impairment of vision due to intoxicat- 
ing drinks, or dissipation in general, with 
hyperaesthesia of the retina, and frequent 
pains in top of the head; sleepless nights, 
awaking very cross in the morning; pho- 
tophobia in the morning, with intolerance of 
daylight. 

11. Dry coryza, stuffy cold, sub-acute ca- 
tarrh, with dry, stuffy feeling of the nose in 
the morning. 

12. The first half of the tongue is clean, 
or comparatively so, but the posterior half 
is coated with a deep fur; sometimes the 
tongue is very red and shining. 

13. Sour, bitter taste in the morning, with 



NUX VOMICA. 249 

a sensation of hung-er; but the appetite 
is immediately satisfied after eating a little. 

14. No appetite, with complete loss of 
energy, in dyspepsia. 

15. Mouth dry, sore, full of fetid ulcers, 
with bloody saliva; offensive odor from the 
mouth. 

16. Very dyspeptic, much excited by cof- 
fee, spirituous liquors, or highly seasoned 
food, with excessive acid risings from the 
stomach, or vomiting- of sour mucus in the 
morning, with spasms of the stomach. 

17. Gastralgia when there is great flatu- 
lency; the pains have the character of 
cramps, radiating either into the hypochon- 
dria, or beneath the sternum and toward the 
neck, following the course of the phrenic 
nerve. 

18. The region of the stomach is very sen- 
sitive to external pressure, and so, indeed, is 
the whole abdomen generally; cannot bear 
tight clothing; there is a pressing pain as 
from a load in the stomach, even if the food 
or drink taken is but little. 

19. After a meal, he is qualmish, anxious, 
nauseated, debilitated, and sick, as after a 



250 NUX VOMICA. 

violent cathartic. All the symptoms point 
to an atonic state of the digestive organs (in 
which Strychnia, 3d decimal trituration, 
often excels Nux vomica). 

20. Much flatulent distention of the ab- 
domen, especially after eating, with colic 
and pressure upward, causing shortness of 
breath, and downward, causing desire for 
stool, with general soreness. 

21. Colic, with great constipation and fre- 
quent desire for stool. 

22. Development of a tendency to ingui- 
nal hernia; pain in the ring in the morning 
in bed as if a hernia would become incar- 
cerated. Many recent cases of hernia have 
been cured by this drug, and, in incarcerated 
hernia, it relaxes the muscles, and then 
tones them up, especially in cross infants 
with extreme constipation and much crying. 

23. Jaundice from a fit of anger; affec- 
tions of the liver in people who habitually 
use alcoholic liquors, with obstinate consti- 
pation; gallstone colic; the pain in the re- 
gion of the gall-bladder, and spasms of the 
abdominal muscles are very severe. 

24. Habitual constipation; stools large, 



NUX VOMICA. 2S1 

and voided with great difficulty, with fre- 
quent urging- to stool, but cannot accom- 
plish it, from inharmonious and excessive 
spasmodic action of the peristaltic muscles 
of the intestines. 

25. Dysentery; stools thin, brownish, 
bloody mucus; before stool, much colic; 
cessation of the pains and tenesmus after 
stool; after debauchery. 

26. Piles, with frequent hemorrhages, and 
constipation alternated with diarrhoea; 
shooting shocks in the loins; contractive 
pains which hinder from rising up; ineffect- 
ual urging to stool; tenesmus and constric-' 
tion; blind piles in the pile-bearing inch; it 
seems as if some of the stool remained be- 
hind and could not be evacuated; copious 
hemorrhages from the piles. (In bleeding 
piles, Nux vomica and Sulphur dominate 
all other remedies.) 

27. Paralytic incontinence of urine, from 
paralysis of the muscular wall of the blad- 
der; violent straining without the ability to 
pass a single drop of urine. 

28. Nocturnal enuresis; urinates very fre- 
quently. 



252 NUX VOMICA. 

29. Burning", tearing- pains in the neck of 
the bladder while urinating; very tenacious 
mucus passes from the bladder. 

30. Irritable bladder of alcoholism, gout, 
or urinary calculi; urine frequently bloody. 

31. Spermatorrhoea from plethora, with 
sexual dreams and nocturnal emissions, fol- 
lowed by excessive irritability; despond- 
ency and prostration; complete impotence, 
with great spinal exhaustion. (Use Strych- 
nia.) 

32. Sub-acute and chronic gonorrhoea, 
with prostatitis; discharge light, with urging 

'to stool, and constipation. 

33. Menstruation very irregular, hardly 
ever at the right time; too profuse and lasts 
too long; frequent faint spells; in very irri- 
table, headstrong women. 

34. Every pain during labor produces a 
desire for stool, or to urinate. 

35. Violent, protracted after-pains, in irri- 
table women; lochia scanty and offensive. 

36. Morning sickness during pregnancy, 
with constipation and excessive irritability, 
and g-reat backache. 

37. Dry coryza, nose completely filled up, 



NUX VOMICA. 253 

with dry, rackini^ coui>'h, where the epi- 
gastrium becomes exceedingly sore. The 
cough is of recent origin, not founded on 
an organic base, but of a simple catarrhal 
nature, or reflex from indigestion, or from 
the spine. 

38. Dyspeptic asthma; attacks come on 
after eating, or in the morning, and the gas- 
tric symptoms predominate, with obstinate 
constipation, associated with haemorrhoids. 

39. Softening of the brain and cord, with 
paralysis of the limbs; diminished tempera- 
ture; spasmodic pains in the neck and back; 
the back feels as if bruised; spine greatly 
prostrated from sexual excesses or from 
alcoholism. 

40. Epilepsy, where the spinal centers are 
prominently involved, as shown by the 
shocks and jerks of the limbs. 

41. Tetanic convulsions, excited by con- 
tact, noise, or any external stimulus. 

42. Fever where the gastro-bilious symp- 
toms predominate; chill begins in the ex- 
tremities, with blue nails, gaping and yawn- 
ing; thirst with the chill, and, as the chill 
passes off, the patient vomits; the fever is 



254 NUX VOMICA. 

especially in the upper part of the body, 
and is intermittent, with decided morning; 
aggravations, of malarial origin, and the 
motor nerves are greatly affected. 

43- Aggravation: Especially during the 
morning; from mental exertion; in open air; 
dry weather; from slight touch; motion; 
from anger; from intoxication; from over- 
eating, especially spices and rich food; cof- 
fee and strong tea; narcotic medicine; from 
cold, cold food or water; and especially at 
3 a. m. 

44. Amelioration: From warm air; even- 
ings; during rest, and in damp, wet weather. 



Vaso-Motor System. ) 



OPIUM. 

POPPY. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Opium 
has fifteen special ce?zters of action : 

Brain. Intense Congestion ; Pj-ofound Coma. 

Spinal Cord. (Posterior.) Cojnpletc Ancestkcsia. 

Vagi. Paralysis of the Respiratoiy Center ; Asphyxia. 

^ f Oculo-Motor Paralysis. 

' I Pupils Greatly Contracted. 

Heart. Pulsations Lesse7ied^from Vagtis Paralysis. 

Small Doses Excite. 

,arge Doses Paralyze. 

-^ „ ( A-ptetite Destroyed., with Great 

Digestive Organs. \ ^f-z • 

( 1 hirst. 

Mucous Membranes. Secretions Completely Arrested. 

Stomach. (Centric.) Nausea and Vomitiiig. 

Intestinal Canal. Obstinate Constipation. 

^ ( Diniinished Secretions j Solids Increased. 

' \ Calculi. * 

^, ^ ,^ ( (^) Venereal Ex citcjncnt. 

Sexual Organs, Male. \ ) [ -^ 

\\2) Impotence. 

,, ^ ^ { {i\ Menses Increased. 

Sexual Organs, Female. \ ) i ^ w ^ o . . 

( (2) Lomplete Suppression. 

( Coiyfer Colored; Diaphoresis : Eczema. 
Skin, i ^ . 

( Pru7'igo. 

Nutrifn Destroyed ^ Emacia''n; Imbecile; Chronic Liars. 



GRAND CHAPvACTERISTICS. 

I. In all diseases that call for the use of 
Opium, the central difficulty will be found in 
the brain. 

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256 OPIUM. 

2. The brain is oppressed and profoundly 
comatose; pupils greatly contracted; ex- 
treme drowsiness, and coma with stertorous 
breathing; patient cannot be aroused from 
the stupor; the face is purplish and swollen; 
pulse full, labored, and very slow. 

3. Diseases that originate from fright, the 
fear of the fright still remaining; very 
sleepy, but cannot sleep. 

4. Face purplish and swollen; thinks she is 
not at home; this is continually in her mind. 

5. Unrefreshing, soporous sleep, eyes half 
open; snoring during inspiration and ex- 
piration; congestion of the brain; delirious 
talking; eyes wide open; face red and 
puffed. 

6. Puerperal convulsions, the spasms ush- 
ered in with a loud cry, purple face; coma 
between the spasms. 

7. Cerebral hemorrhage, recent cases; 
slow pulse; stertorous breathing; tetanic 
rigidity of the body, especially in drunkards. 
(Follow with Apis mel.) 

8. Twitching, trembling of the head, arms, 
and hands; jerks as if the flexors were over- 
acting; body cold, with stupor. 



OPIUM. 257 

9. Ptosis; lids hang down as if paralyzed. 

10. Total or partial paralysis of accom- 
modation; impaired sensibility of the retina; 
pupils greatly contracted. 

11. Constipation is Opium's greatest key- 
note; stools composed of round, hard black 
balls. Opium renders the intestines so dry 
and sluggish that the most active purgatives 
lose their power. 

12. Abdomen distended and tympanitic, 
from indigestion. 

13. Colic, with great pressure downward 
upon the rectum and bladder, without any 
passing off of faeces, gas, or urine. (Very 
valuable in Lead colic.) 

14. Paralysis of the muscles of the fundus 
of the bladder, rather than those of the 
sphincter; child makes no water with full 
bladder. 

15. Renal colic, suffering intense, with 
cold sweat. (Use Morphine.) 

16. Cough at night, dry, spasmodic, titil- 
lating; especially tormenting at night. 

17. Bronchitis, with dyspnoea; suffocative 
attacks during sleep, threatening paralysis 
of the lungs; blueness of the face. 

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258 OPIUM. 

18. Sudden retrocession of acute erup- 
tions; paralysis of the brain sets in, or con- 
vulsions, nervousness, diarrhoea, etc. 

19. Coldness in the limbs; sleepy, but 
cannot sleep, from too much blood in the 
brain. 

20. Bed feels so hard he cannot lie upon 
it; very characteristic of Opium. 

21. The skin hot and damp, or sweating", 
even in the morning, with constant desire to 
uncover. 

22. Morphine poisoning. Permanganate 
of Potash has just been introduced by Dr. 
Moore, of Chicago, as an absolute specific 
for Morphine poisoning, in four grain doses. 
Emetics; black coffee; friction; keep the 
patient moving, but especially dilate the 
anus. 

23. Aggravation: During the night and 
morning; warmth; during rest; from anxiety 
or fear; from alcoholism, and while per- 
spiring. 

24. Amelioration: From cold; -from mo- 
tion; during the day and evening. 



OSTRYA VIRGINICA. 

IRON WOOD. 

Through the spinal system, Ostrya has four special 
centers of action : 

Spinal System. Intermittent and Bilious Fever. 

Stomach. Atony ; Indigestion. 

Intestinal Canal. Congestion ; Incr. Secretiojis. 

T ^ ( Conrrcstio7i : Hypertro-pky. 

Liver and Spleen, i . . ' -^-l ^ ^ 

( Jina^mia. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. In sub-acute or chronic cases of ma- 
larial intermittents with symptoms similar 
to those of Quinine, when it does not cure, 
Ostrya wdll often make rapid cures. 

2. Bilious conditions, with languor, poor 
appetite, and great prostration. 

3. In anaemia from malaria. (Of great 
value.) 



359 



PHOSPHORUS. 

AN ELEMENT. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Phos- 
phorus has thirteen special centers of action: 

^ j Gastritis ; Gastralgia ; Hypertrophy, 

' \ Hcematemesis . 

T /o \\ Congestion ; Inflammation. 

Intestines. (Small.) -^ ^,^ ^ ^/ i 

^ { Watery Diarrhoea, 

-J. ( Congestion; Injlammation ; Icterus. 

' \ Hypertrophy ; Fatty Degeneration. 

Spleen. Congest.; Hypertrophy ; Fatty Degeneration, 

Kidneys. Venous Stagnation; Fatty Degeneration. 

i Injlam.; Albu?ninuria ; Hemorrhage, 

' I Fatty Degeneration. 

Arteries. Fatty Degeneration^ with Vast Hemor'*ges, 

Blood. Corpuscles Dissolved; Hydrccfnia ; Ecchy?nosis. 

^ ^ ^ { (i) Stiniulation ; (2) Nutrition 

Cerebro-Spinal S. -^ ^ v^ , , Jt ■, t^ 1 - 
( Destroyed; Jyeural Paralysis, 

„ n i\/r ( (^) Aphrodisiac. 

*' ' ( (2) Paralysis ; Impotence. 

„ ^ T-. \ Small Doses Stijnulate ; Lars^e. 

Sexual O., Female. -^ ^ ^ ' ^ ^ 

( Paralyze. 

Bones. (Maxillae.) Periostitis ; Caries; Necrosis, 

Lungs. Congestion ; Inflammation ; Hepatization, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially indicated in tall, slender, red- 
haired people, with fair skin, sanguine tem- 
perament, sensitive disposition, quick and 
lively perceptions. Especially suited to 

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PHOSPHORUS. 261 

fevers where death seems inevitable in con- 
sequence of the deep-seated injury inflicted 
upon the forces, and to acute, sub-acute, and 
chronic diseases of the brain, jaws, teeth, 
lungs, stomach, intestines, Hver, kidneys, 
blood, and sexual organs. 

2. Sensation of weakness and emptiness 
in stomach and abdomen, which distresses 
and aggravates all other symptoms, and is 
the ruling key for the use of Phosphorus; 
probably depending on portal congestion. 
A step further is shown by jaundice from 
fatty degeneration of the liver. 

3. Mental depression, sadness, anxiety, 
every evening; weary of life; melancholy, 
full of gloomy forebodings; the melancholy 
is relieved by weeping; from exhaustion of 
the cerebro-spinal system, caused by sexual 
excesses. 

4. Disinclination to mental or physical 
exertion; apathy, unwilling even to talk; 
slow answers and slow movements. 

5. Stupor; low muttering delirium, grasp- 
ing at flocks. 

6. Brain-fag; softening of the brain, with 
much vertigo and heaviness of the head, as 



262 PHOSPHORUS. 

if he had been lying with his head too low; 
the brain always feels tired, as if he could 
not get rested, and often there is a feeling 
of coldness of the cerebellum; cerebral 
hemorrhage. 

7. Loss of hearing, with cold extremities. 

8. Attacks of sudden blindness; objects 
appear veiled, with dilatation of the pupils, 
and darting pains in the eyeballs; numer- 
ous lesions of the retina and optic nerve, 
photopsies, chromatopsies, halo around the 
light, red appearance of objects, flashes of 
light; retinal apoplexy. Cataract has often 
been cured by Phosphorus. 

9. Chronic dry nasal catarrh, with green, 
bloody mucus; swelling of the nose, painful 
to touch; ulcerated nostrils, with swollen 
nasal bones; cannot draw air through the 
nose. 

10. Profuse and long-lasting nosebleed. 

11. Face pale, sickly, and sunken, often 
icteric; eyes are sunken; face swollen and 
cedematous, with great weakness. 

12. Neuralgia of the head; it has to be 
wrapped up night and day. 

13. Bleeding and inflammation of gums. 



PHOSPHORUS. 263 

14. Tongue swollen, dry, and black; or 
dry and red; or brown, and dry in the mid- 
dle. (Septic fevers.) 

15. Great thirst, and dryness of the mouth; 
excessive tympanitis of the stomach, with 
mucous enteritis. 

16. As soon as cold water becomes warm 
in the stomach, it is throw^n up; food rises 
back again into the mouth as soon as eaten. 

17= Gastric neurosis, with dry, hard stool. 

18. Pressure as from a hard substance in 
the stomach, with coldness. 

19. Hemorrhage from the stomach, tem- 
porarily relieved by drinking cold water; 
inflammation of the liver, with vomiting of 
blood, and a gone feeling in the abdomen. 

20. Dyspepsia, with excessive flatulence; 
frequent palpitation of the heart, and inter- 
mittent pulse; much belching of gas. 

21. Sensation of great weakness and 
emptiness in the abdomen. 

22. Sharp, cutting pains in the bowels; 
excessive flatulence, often with sour vom- 
iting. 

23. The liver indurated and very much 
enlarged, with jaundice; fatty degeneration 



^64 PHOSPHORUS. 

of the liver; malignant jaundice; catarrhal 
inflammation of the bile-ducts, with icterus; 
atrophy of the liver. 

24. Stools are long, narrow, hard, and 
very difficult to expel. This is one of the 
great characteristics of this drug. 

25. Profuse watery diarrhoea, pouring 
away as if from a hydrant; very exhaust- 
ing; worse in hot weather. 

26. Green and bloody stools, the anus re- 
maining wide open; involuntary stools; the 
moment anything enters the rectum it pro- 
duces involuntary stools; violent burning in 
the rectum and anus. 

27. Haemorrhoids protrude largely, are 
very painful; burn like fire, from inflamma- 
tion, and bleed profusely. 

28. Urine turbid and very high colored; 
haematuria, discharge of blood from the 
bladder; urine filled with albumen, and con- 
taining fatty casts. 

29. Sexual abuse, producing nightly emis- 
sions and dorsal consumption; trembling 
imbecility; mania; epileptic fits; and im- 
paired digestion; sexual mania, lascivious, 
strips himself naked; constantly tormented 



PHOSPHORUS. ^65 

for coitus; and followed by complete im- 
potence. 

30. Irresistible desire for sexual inter- 
course in both sexes. 

31. Profuse menstruation, with ^reat sex- 
ual excitement. 

32. Hemorrhages from the genital organs; 
the power of resistance of the parietes of 
the vessels is lowered by the fatty meta- 
morphosis, and the hemorrhages become 
more severe, often so severe that general 
anaemia ensues. 

33. Acrid leucorrhoea, causing soreness of 
the vulva. 

34. Cancer of the mammae, with lancinat- 
ing pains; bleeding much. 

35. Great rawness in the larynx, with fre- 
quent dry, hacking cough; hoarseness, with 
a rough voice; irritability of the lower por- 
tion of the trachea, with suffocative press- 
ure in the chest. 

36. Capillary bronchitis; severe, hard, dry, 
exhausting cough, worse in the evening, and 
coming from a warm room into the cold 
air; cough, with oppression of the chest; to 
expectorate must sit up in bed, when there 



266 PHOSPHORUS. 

is great pain, with constriction under the 
sternum. 

37. Pneumonia, with sanguineous infiltra- 
tion of the parenchyma, and red hepatiza- 
tion; face hvid; brickdust expectoration; 
great dyspnoea. 

38. Haemoptysis; expectoration of blood, 
with fatiguing, dry, hacking cough; occa- 
sional profuse hemorrhages, pouring out 
freely; respiration very labored, anxious, 
panting, oppressed; great dyspnoea. 

39. Hectic fever, with suppuration of the 
lungs; formation of cavities, purulent exu- 
dation into the cavity of the thorax, with in- 
filtration, and ulceration of the intestinal 
canal; hypertrophy of the mesenteric glands, 
with chronic tubercular diarrhoea; rush of 
blood to the chest, and oppression so great 
that the patient, during the attack of cough- 
ing, in order to expectorate, has to sit up in 
bed; great pain and constrictive sensation 
under the sternum. 

40. Fatty degeneration of the heart; pulse 
rapid, weak, and soft; often intermittent; 
motion produces violent palpitation. 

41. Typhoid or hectic fever that assumes 



PHOSPHORUS. 267 

the adynamic type; perspiration so copious 
the patient is exhausted, especially at night; 
profuse, exhausting morning sweats. 

42. Burning pain between the scapulae. 

43. The spinous processes of the dorsal 
vertebrae between the scapulae become ex- 
ceedingly sensitive to pressure, extending 
to the muscles; burning pains in the small 
of the back. 

44. Degeneration and liquefaction of the 
brain and spinal cord, producing paralysis 
of motion and sensation. 

45. Great weakness of the whole body, 
especially of the legs; so weak cannot walk, 
or so weak can scarcely raise the hands. 

46. Great sensitiveness to cold air; takes 
cold easily; irritability from great weak- 
ness; general anaemia and anasarca; cold 
feet. 

47. Neuralgia in many parts of the body, 
with great anaemia, in broken-down, emaci- 
ated constitutions. 

48. Aggravation: Evening until midnight; 
from cold; motion; after eating; during a 
thunder-storm; reading aloud; drinking 
water; when lying on the back, or left side; 



268 PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA. 

unpleasant emotional excitement; chang-es 
of the weather either way, and from light in 
general. 

49. Amelioration: In the dark; cold food 
or water; lying on right side; during rest, 
and after sleep. 



PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA. 

POKE ROOT. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Phytolacca 
has nine special centers of action : 

^ ^ , Violent Eiiiesis ; Stools Watery^ Mil- 

Digestive O. -' ^ 



•\ 



cous^ Bloody, 

Mucous M. (Throat, Stomach.) Violent Injlam, 
Kidneys. Congestion j Injlanunation ; Albuminuria, 
o r^ / A r r\ a- \\ Inflammation. 

bEXUAL O. (Mam., OVAR., iESTES.)-{ ^ 

^ { c>uppuratio7z. 

Glands. (Tonsils, Parotids, ( ^ ^ ^^ 

^ \ Infl.; Hypertrophy. 

iHYRoiD, Lymphatics.) ^ ./ ^ ^x x ^ 

Sero-Fibrous Tissue. Rheumatoid Infl.; Hyperfy. 

Skin. Furuncles ; Tinea Capitis ; Psoriasis. 

Blood. Pibrine Increased, 

Medulla Spinalis. Convulsions ; Paralysis, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. The patient is afflicted with sub-acute 
or chronic rheumatism, especially located in 
the periosteum or fibrous tissue, greatly 



PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA. 269 

aggravated in damp, rainy weather, or is 
suffering from secondary or tertiary syphilis. 

2. The neck and back are very stiff in 
damp weather; constant dull, heavy pains 
in the lumbar and sacral regions, aggra- 
vated by motion and at night. 

3. Feels sore all over, from head to foot; 
muscles sore and stiff; severe rheumatic 
pains in lower extremities, with nightly 
bone-pains; rheumatism of the fingers, joints 
swollen, hard and shining; rheumatism 
affecting the periosteum, the sheaths of 
nerves and fasciae; rheumatism of scalp, 
much worse at night. 

4. Dull frontal headache, with sensation 
of soreness in the brain, or as if the brain 
were bruised on walking; aggravation by 
damp weather. 

5. Glandular inflammation of the lids, the 
glands swollen. 

6. Ulceration of the margins of the tongue 
and inner surface of the cheeks, with thick, 
tenacious mucous secretions; great pain in 
the root of the tongue when swallowing. 

7. Tongue feels as if scalded; coated 
grayish, or with a very red tip. 



270 PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA. 

8. Great congestion and swelling of the 
soft palate and tonsils. 

9. Salivation, with metallic taste; breath 
very fetid. 

10. Congestion and inflammation of the 
whole back part of the mouth and the 
fauces; feeling as if a ball of red-hot iron 
had lodged in the throat; tonsilitis or diph- 
theria; deglutition about impossible; fauces, 
tonsils, and pharynx covered with dark- 
colored false membrane, but it does not ex- 
tend to the nares or trachea; breath very 
fetid; parotids greatly swollen; high fever; 
great aching of the back and legs; feeling 
as if pounded all over, and great prostration; 
rheumatism is very apt to follow diphtheria. 
(The Phytolacca should be used as a gar- 
gle, as well as internally.) 

11. Sensation as if there was a lump 
in the throat that causes constant efforts 
to swallow; globus; from nausea of the 
stomach. 

12. Easy vomiting, without much nausea; 
vomiting of the ingesta, bile, and blood, 
with much flatulence; gastro-enteritis. 

13. Much rumbling in the abdomen and 



PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA. 27 1 

pain in the umbilicus, with stools of mucus 
and blood; stools more bilious than bloody. 

14. Dark red urine; often albuminous. 

15 Chronic orchitis of a rheumatic nature. 

16. Menses too often, too profuse, with 
increase of tears, saliva, bile, and urine, in 
rheumatic constitutions. 

17. Mammae full of hard, painful nodosi- 
ties, very similar to scirrhus, before ulcera- 
tion commences; mastitis where the' hard- 
ness is very apparent from the first, with 
much sensitiveness. 

18. Eruptions from secondary and ter- 
tiary syphilis; squamous eruptions, eczema, 
herpes, boils, and barber s itch. 

19. Rheumatic pains in the extremities; 
nightly periosteal pains. 

20. This drug is now gaining quite a repu- 
tation for the reduction of obesity. 

21. Aggravation: Evening, night; motion, 
especially in damp weather. 

22. Amelioration: While lying down; dur- 
ing the day, and warm, dry weather. 



PICHI. 

FABIANA IMBRICATA. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Pichi 
hasy^^^r special centers of action : 

._ ( Catai-rhal or Trauni. Cono-. • Inflani. zvit/i 

Kidneys. ■{ ... 

( Excess of Lithic Acid and Urates ; Diurct. 

Bladder. Catarrhal Injiainjnation ; Mucus and Pus. 

Digestive Organs. Tonic. Catarrh. 

Liver. Stimulation. 



GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Particularly adapted to the uric acid 
diathesis, where there is much irritation 
from the presence of urinary calculi, and 
the urine is very excoriating. 

2. Inflammation of whole urethral tract; 
wants to pass urine often, but it is voided 
with great burning pains; the vesical tenes- 
mus is something terrible after urinating. 

3. In vesical catarrh, acute or chronic, 
especially if caused from gravel, with copi- 
ous discharge of mucus and pus; urination 
very painful. 

4. Gonorrhoea, sub-acute or chronic, where 
the whole urethra is involved, urination is 
extremely painful, the prostate is inflamed. 



PLANTAGO MAJOR. 273 

and there is a discharge of mucus and pus. 
(Given in from one to twenty drop doses of 
the fluid extract.) 



PLANTAGO MAJOR. 

PLANTAIN. 

Through the cerebro-spinal system, Plantago has four 
special centers of action : 

Fifth Pair of Nerves. Excessive Hypcrccsthcsia. 
Skin. Prurigo ; Urticaria ; Papulcc. 
Digestive Organs. Parasiticide; Diarrhcea. 
Urinary Organs. Paralysis of Sphincter Vesiccc. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Best known remedy for toothache; 
great se'nsitiveness of the teeth; feel greatly 
elongated and sore to the touch; cannot 
bear cold air or contact; neuralgic form. 
(Locally and internally.) 

2. Verminous affections; grinding of the 
teeth; colic and diarrhoea. 

3. Especially useful in nocturnal enuresis 
of children, with very lax condition of the 
sphincter vesicae. 

4. Great irritation of the nerve filaments 

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274 PLATINA. 

of the skin, with intense itching, pricking-, 
and burning of the skin; prurigo, urticaria, 
papulae. 

5. Of great value locally in scalds, frost- 
bites, chilblains, bites of animals, bruises, 
erysipelas, and Rhus-poisoning. 



PLATINA. 

PLATINUM. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Platina 
has three special center's of action: 



Cerebro-Spinal S. Depressioit; Paresis ; Ancesthesia. 

Congestion; Hypertrophy 
Menorrhagia; Neuralgia. 

Digestive O. Indigestion ; Flatzis ; Constipation. 



Sexual O., Female. ■! 



GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Females with dark hair, thin, of a 
sanguine or bilious temperament, and who 
suffer from too frequent and too profuse 
menstruation, and whose sexual organs are 
exceedingly sensitive. 

2. The characteristic pain of Platina is a 
cramp-like, squeezing pain, — a kind of crush- 



PLATINA. 275 

ing" together; it begins, gradually increases 
in severity, then gradually ceases, resem- 
bling Stannum; most of the symptoms are 
worse when the patient sits or stands, re- 
lieved by walking, and greatly aggravated 
at night. 

3. Great melancholia in hysterical fe- 
males; the most joyful things distress her; 
life is wearisome, but she greatly fears death, 
which seems near at hand. 

4. Out of sorts with the whole world, 
everything seems too narrow; weeping 
mood; trifling things produce extreme vex- 
ation; remains a long time in the sulks. 

5. Arrogant, proud, contemptuous, pitiful, 
looking down upon people usually vener- 
ated; all persons seem physically and men- 
tally inferior, but she herself physically 
large and superior. 

6. Sensation of numbness or a contraction 
of the brain accompanies nearly all of the 
headaches of this drug; face feels cold and 
numb; tense numb sensation in zygomata 
and mastoid processes. 

7. Greedy, hasty eating, in hysterical fe- 
males. 



276 PLATINA. 

8. Fermentation in epigastric reg-ion, with 
great languor. 

Q. Stool exceedingly difficult, adhering to 
the rectum and anus like soft clay, requiring 
great effort of the abdominal muscles to 
expel the faeces. 

10. Mons veneris cold and excessively 
sensitive to the touch, cannot bear the nap- 
kins usually applied. Hyper-sensitiveness 
of the generative organs is the great char- 
acteristic for Platina. 

11. Voluptuous tingling in the vulva, with 
excessive sexual desire, associated with de- 
pression of spirits, anxiety, and palpitation 
of the heart. 

12. Menorrhagia or metrorrhagia, the 
blood dark, thick, and tarry, without being 
coagulated, accompanied by great bearing- 
down feeling in the genitals; menses ap- 
pear much too early, and are very copious, 
with much hysteria. 

13. Amenorrhoea, with much threatening 
of the menses to come on, and pain in the 
small of the back. 

14. Ovaritis during climaxis, with menor- 
rhagia, and many hot flashes; the pain in 



PLATINA. 277 

the ovarian region is of a burning- character, 
occurring in paroxysms, with excessive sex- 
ual desire. 

15. Induration of the uterus, with excess- 
ive sensitiveness. 

i5. Weak, hysterical women that sigh 
much; the lungs feel so weak she cannot 
take a full breath; amorous dreams. 

17. Nymphomania, especially in lying-in 
women, with voluptuous tingling from gen- 
itals into the abdomen; albuminous leu- 
corrhcea only in the daytime. 

18. Weakness in the nape of the neck, 
with numbness. 

19. Pain in the small of the back as if 
broken, with great weakness. 

20. Tightness of the thighs, as if too tight- 
ly wrapped. 

21. Aggravation: In the evening; warm 
room; in bed; at rest; when sitting, and 
from anger. 

22. Amelioration: In open, cold air; from 
motion; during the day, and after sleep. 



PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM. 

MANDRAKE. 

Through the nervous ganglia of the muscular and 
mucous coats of the intestines, Podophyllum has four 
special centers of action : 



'animation. 



Mucous Membranes. (Sto:m- ( ^ . 

ACir; Small Intestines.) ( -^ 
Intestinal Canal. Drastic Cathartic. Duodenitis. 
Salivary Glands. Copious Salivation. 
Liver. Hepatic Stimulant. Bile Greatly Increased. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. The great characteristic for Podophyl- 
Hn is morning diarrhoea; stools watery, 
green, undigested, or sHmy, with severe cohc 
and prolapsus ani. Sulphur has the same, 
without the pain, but has marked and ex- 
cessive excoriation of the anus, with great 
goneness in the epigastrium. 

2. Severe colic every morning, with stools 
liquid green, or of mucus and blood, with 
fainting; w^orse in hot weather. Very use- 
ful in cholera infantum; the patient is great- 
ly exhausted. 

3. The first remedy to be thought of in 
prolapsus ani; especially if there are present 
haemorrhoids and morning diarrhoea. 

278 



PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM. 27Q 

4. Constipation, stools clay colored, for 
want of bile, with torpidity of the liver; 
jaundice and great languor. 

5. Colic of a high grade, the pain originat- 
ing from a depraved and excessive secretion 
caused by a morbid state of the solar plexus. 

6. Vomiting, with severe spasms of the 
stomach; the vomited matter is mixed with 
bile, and sometimes blood; gastro-enteritis. 

7. Biliousness, with nausea; giddiness; 
bitter taste in the mouth; bilious vomiting 
and purging. 

8. Food soon turns sour, with much flatu- 
lence. 

Q. Jaundice, with hyperaemia of the liver, 
and a hollow, sinking sensation in epigas- 
trium. 

10. Gall-stones, for the expulsion of which 
it is the best known drug. The stones are 
removed by the excessive amount of bile 
secreted, and the increased peristaltic action 
of the gall-bladder and cystic duct, vomit- 
ing out, as it were, the foreign body. To 
get this action, toxic doses, of from one to 
five grains of the active principle, Podophyl- 
lin, must be given. Olive oil or glycerine 



28o PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM. 

should be taken, three times a day, for three 
days, one-half a pint at a time, before the 
Podophyllin is administered. 

I L Tongue full and broad, with pasty coat 
in center, and showing imprints of the teeth; 
or red tongue, feeling as if it had been 
burned. 

12. Salivation, with offensive breath. 

13. Great thirst for large quantities of cold 
water. 

14. Great despondency, from biliousness. 

15. Intermittent fever where the bilious 
symptoms predominate, with excessive 
headache and thirst; falls asleep and per- 
spires profusely. 

16. Aggravation: In the morning from 2 
to 4 o'clock, and from cold. 

17. Amelioration: In the evening; from 
external warmth. 



POLYPORUS OFFICINALIS. 

LARCH AGARIC. 

Through the nervous gangha in the muscular and sub- 
mucous coat of the intestines, Polyporus has three special 
centers of actio7i : 

^ -r ^ ( Concrcstion : Stools Watery. 

Gastro-Ixtest. Canal. ^ ,f 7 ^, , 

( Mucous^ and htoody. 

Liver. Congestioji ; Torpidity j yaiuidice. 

Cerebro-Sp. S. Effects Similar to Those of Mali 



ana. 



GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in endemic intermit- 
tent fever; type quotidian or tertian; sub- 
acute or chronic cases, with more or less 
org-anic lesions of the liver and abdominal 
viscera; the skin very much jaundiced, with 
night sweats; chill light and short; fever 
long, with, as a rule, not much perspiration; 
head feels light and hollow; frontal head- 
ache; bitter taste; tongue coated yellow; 
loss of appetite; often bilious vomiting; 
great languor, with severe aching pains in 
the large joints. 

2. Loss of appetite, with a feeling in the 
epigastrium of great faintness, or all-gone 
feeling, probably from portal congestion; 
pale and anaemic. 

281 



262 POLYPORUS. OFFICINALIS. 

3. Burning; distress in the stomach, with 
drag-ging pains in the liver. 

4. The aching pains in the liver were very 
severe, and extended over the dorsal region. 

5. Sudden distress in the hypogastric 
region, w^ith great desire for stool; stools 
that run from the bowels with great force,* 
of water, bile, mucus, and black faecal mat- 
ter; followed by great faintness, closely 
resembling Leptandra. 

6. Lienteria; stools undigested; chronic 
anaemia. 

7. Urine high colored and scanty; bilious 
urine. 

8. Great physical prostration; the patient 
can hardly stand up; indisposed to any 
exertion, physical or mental. 

9. All the joints of the body ache terribly, 
with disposition to yawn and stretch, show- 
ing that the posterior portion of the spinal 
cord is much prostrated, with indigestion. 

10. Very restless and uneasy all night; 
sleep much disturbed. 

11. The patient cannot bear the open air, 
it makes him so chilly; takes cold from the 
least damp change. 



PSORINUM. 283 

12. Phthisis, with copious night sweats 
and watery diarrhoea. 

13. Aggravation: Mornings, and damp, 
cold w^eather. 

14. Amehoration: Eating; from acids; 
and warm, dry air. 



PSORINUM. 

PSORA SICCA. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Psori- 
num has tvjo special centers of action : 

Lymphatic Glandular System. Acrid Secretions. 
Cerebro-Spinal System. Profound Debility, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful where there is great 
debility, independent of any organic disease; 
debility from loss of vital fluids, or remain- 
ing after severe acute diseases, with copious 
sweats, and the patient despairs of ever 
getting well. 

2. Herpetic eruptions, either moist or dry, 
accompanied by great itching; this itching 
becomes intolerable as soon as the patient 
gets warm in bed; the skin has a dirty, 



284 PSORINUM. 

ding-y look, from defective action of the 
cutaneous glands. 

3. Otorrhoea; discharge thin, ichorous, 
and horribly offensive, having an odor of 
rotten meat; often has boils. 

4. Ulcers on the legs and ankles, very 
slow to heal. 

5. Cholera infantum, the stools profuse 
and watery; dark brown, with a very offen- 
sive, putrid odor, worse at night; children 
much emaciated, and are very irritable. 
Patient gives out a nauseous, putrid odor 
from the body. 

6. Aggravation: From motion, and es- 
pecially at night. 

7. Amelioration: Morning, and during 
rest. 



PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 

WIND FLOWER. 

Through the cerebro-spiiial nervous system and men- 
strual ganglia of the Fallopian tubes, Pulsatilla has twelve 
special centa's of action: 

Mucous Mem. Catarrhal Injlammation ^ jMucorrhcca. 
Eyes. Catarrhal Injiariimation ; Copious xlfucorrhoea. 
Ears. Sub-Acute Injl.; Otalgia ; Catarrhal Deafness. 
Stomach. Indiges.; Acidity; Tclloiv- Coated Tongue. 
Intestines. Flatidence ; Passive JSIucous Diarrhcea. 
Urinary O. Catarrhal Inflam.; IShiciis in Urine. 
Sexual O., Male. Orchitis ; V^aricocele ; Nettralgia. 
Sexual O., Female. Ovaritis ; Scanty^ Late Menstr. 
Venous System. Acute Varicosis. 
Synovial Mem. Rheumatico- Gouty Inflainination. 
Skin. Urticaria; Miliaiy Eruption. 
Cord. (Posterior.) Chilliness ; Hyperces.; Neural. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to females with blue 
eyes, very affectionate, easily' excited to 
tears, with fitful moods, of a very yielding- 
disposition, lymphatic constitution, round- 
ness of form, and inclined to quiet grief. 

2. When the symptoms call for this drug, 
the temperament must not mislead the pre- 
scriber. The stereotyped doctrine taught, 
that Pulsatilla is not useful in choleric, san- 

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286 PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 

guine, malicious, irritable temperaments, 
who are energetic in their movements, is a 
great error, and led me astray for years. I 
believe Pulsatilla acts about as well in one 
as it does in the other. 

3. Symptoms greatly aggravated in a 
close, warm room; craves fresh, cool air; all 
her symptoms are worse toward evening, 
and worse on returning to a warm, close 
room, and from rest. 

4. Aggravated from fruits, ices, pork, 
pastry, and warm food; better from cold 
things, and in the open, cool air. 

5. The forms of her symptoms are very 
changeable; she is very well one hour, and 
very miserable the next; fickle as the wind. 

6. She cannot sleep in the early part of 
the evening, from indigestion, but sleeps late 
in the morning. 

7. Very sluggish circulation, manifested 
by constant chilliness, coldness, and pale- 
ness of the skin. The pains from which 
they suffer seem to be accompanied by 
chilliness, the chilliness being more marked 
the more decided the pains, and, despite the 
chilliness, they find relief in the open air, 



PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 287 

because the cool air stimulates the venous 
system. 

8. The woman is tearful, easily discour- 
aged; sometimes full of anxiety, with fore- 
bodings of some impending disaster. This 
anxiety comes from the epigastrium, and is 
associated with indigestion. 

9. The pains constantly change their posi- 
tion, flying from one part to another; some- 
times being of intense severity, then sudden- 
ly becoming very mild, and vice versa. 

10. Hypochondriac moroseness, is out of 
sorts with everything; she weeps very easily, 
can hardly give her symptoms without cry- 
ing. 

11. Achin'g" of head, extending into eyes 
in evening, as from eating too much; semi- 
lateral headache, with bad taste in the 
mouth. 

12. The headache is chiefly in the fore- 
head and supra-orbital region, and in the 
temples; pains heavy, bursting, and throb- 
bing, aggravated by mental exertion, stoop- 
ing, and in the evening; generally caused 
by indigestion. 

13. Vertigo, coming on mostly while sit- 



288 PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 

ting", and relieved by walking, and in open 
air; caused by indigestion. 

14. Catarrhal ophthalmia, especially of 
the lids, with profuse lachrymation and 
secretion of mucus; the inner canthus is 
agglutinated in the morning with mucus; 
burning and itching in the eyes, that pro- 
voke rubbing and scratching. 

15. The eyes are full of water, especially 
in the wind. 

16. Its action upon the lachrymal sac is 
very decided, and of great value. In blen- 
norrhoea, the discharge is profuse but bland. 

17. As a remedy for styes, it has no equal; 
as, in a majority of cases, it will cause them 
to abort before pus forms. 

18. Catarrhal otitis, with much pain, ag- 
gravated at night. It is our best remedy. 
Much pain in the ears, with deafness, the 
meatus red and swollen; relieved by a dis- 
charge of pus; otorrhoea. 

19. Acute and sub-acute catarrh of the 
nose, second stage, with copious discharge; 
stoppage of the nose in the evening, 
relieved in the morning by a copious dis- 
charge. 



PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 289 

20. Tongue coated whitish yellow, with 
tenacious mucus and bad taste in the mouth, 
especially mornings; chronic indigestion. 

21. Aching of the teeth as soon as any- 
thing warm is taken into the mouth ; relieved 
by cold drinks. 

22. Mouth and pharynx dry in the morn- 
ing, and covered with insipid mucus, with 
very offensive breath. 

23. Taste is bitter after eating or smoking. 

24. Loathing, nausea, and retchings after 
eating greasy food, with sour eructations; 
taste as of rancid tallow after eating cakes, 
and as of bad meat after dinner, the taste 
remaining with nausea. 

25. Sensation as if one had eaten too 
much, food rising into the mouth as if one 
would vomit. Slow and imperfect diges- 
tion; the taste of food, which is mostly sour, 
returns, and remains in the mouth a long 
time, with a great feeling of tightness of the 
stomach, especially after eating rich, fat 
food. 

26. Feeling as if a stone lay in the epigas- 
trium; throbbing in the epigastrium; con- 
tracting sensation in the oesophagus, as if 

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290 PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 

one had swallowed too large a morsel of 
food; the same sensation extends over the 
hypochondria, then up over the chest, and 
impedes respiration. 

27. Gastric derangements from rich, fat 
food or ice-cream; sour, bitter vomiting; 
cannot sit long, must walk about to relieve 
the pains. 

28. Dyspepsia, with frequent chilliness; 
absence of thirst, constant nausea, with 
slight vomiting and little pain; feeling of 
distention after meals, forcing the patient to 
loosen her clothes; rising of water into the 
mouth in large quantities; tongue coated 
white; with bitter, putrid taste. 

2Q. Neuralgia of the stomach, caused by 
indigestion; much flatulency; excessive con- 
tracting, crampy pains in the stomach; 
efforts to vomit, and great restlessness. It 
is our best remedy. 

30. As might be expected where digestion 
is so slow, there is much flatulence moving 
from one part of the intestines to the other, 
with griping pains; rumbling and gurgling, 
especially in the evening. 

31. Diarrhoea at night; stools of mucus. 



PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 29I 

or mucus and blood, no two stools alike, 
they are so changeable; greenish, bilious, 
watery; brought on from fat, rich food, or 
eating" ice-cream. 

32. Scanty urine and no thirst, or profuse, 
watery, hysterical urine; involuntary mic- 
turition at night in bed; involuntary urina- 
tion during coughing. 

33. Orchitis; the testicles and spermatic 
cord greatly swollen, and extremely painful 
to the touch; caused from cold, but especi- 
ally from suppressed gonorrhoea. This is 
our best remedy. 

34. Women that are inclined to be fleshy, 
with scanty and delayed menstruation; con- 
stantly complaining of chilliness; during the 
menses, many symptoms, such as weight 
and downward pressure in the abdomen and 
sacral region; nausea; getting black before 
the eyes; stomach-ache and faintness; chilli- 
ness; all worse in a warm room and from 
exertion; better in open air. 

35. Dysmenorrhoea, with pains so violent 
that she tosses in every direction, with cries 
and tears; the blood is thick and dark, or 
pale and watery, flows by fits and starts; 



292 PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 

much worse in a close, warm room, and 
better in the open air. 

36. Amenorrhoea, in tearful, yielding" dis- 
positions; pale face; very chilly, and bad 
taste in the mouth from indigestion; dif- 
ficulty in breathing, especially in a warm 
room. 

37. Labor; the pains excite palpitation; 
suffocating and fainting spells, unless the 
doors and windows are open; she must have 
them open. 

38. Thick white, albuminous leucorrhoea, 
especially in young, tearful females. 

39. Mild, tearful females who have but 
little milk; she is fearful, tearful, but not 
thirsty; weeps at every nursing. 

40. Milk leg. After acute symptoms have 
been subdued by Aconite, this is our best 
remedy; limb pale, white color, swollen, 
veins hard, knotty, intensely painful to the 
touch, and motion impossible. 

41. In pregnancy, the child turns over, and 
does not lie right, so that it pains her. Pul- 
satilla will right it, by regulating the uterine 
contractions. 

42. This is a grand remedy for the second 



PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 293 

stage of catarrhal coughs, not depending 
upon an organic base. The cough is loose, 
with copious mucous expectoration; \'ery 
loose through the day, and tight at night, 
accompanied with great soreness of the 
epigastrium; and, if in a female, urine is 
emitted at each cough. 

43. What could we do without Pulsatilla 
in the presence of copious m.uco-purulent 
expectoration, in lymphatic, anaemic fe- 
males, with nocturnal paroxysmis of dysp- 
noea, loud mucous rales, cough loose 
through the day, and very tight through 
the night, whose symptoms are aggravated 
in the evening, in a warm room, and relieved 
in the fresh air? 

44. Sub-acute catarrh; the nasal mucous 
membrane, after a brief period of unnatural 
dryness, secretes abundant mucus, which be- 
comes thick, yellow, or green and offensive. 

45. Palpitation of the heart, with great 
anxiety and faintness; reflex from indiges- 
tion. 

46. Rheumatism; pains shift rapidly from 
one part to another, unattended with any 
great swelling or redness; coldness and 



294 PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 

vveig"ht in the diseased tissue; sub-acute and 
chronic cases. 

47. Varicose veins swell up and bleed 
much; are very sore, with stinging" pains in 
them. 

48. Urticaria from eating rich food; worse 
evenings. 

49. Second stage of rubeola, with otalgia 
and loose cough. 

50. Intermittent fever, where chilliness 
predominates; little heat, and no thirst; 
chilliness all over, without shivering; feels 
cold in the evening; head hot; lips are dry, 
patient constantly licking his lips to moisten 
them, yet he does not wish to drink; espe- 
cially if the case has been abused by the 
use of Quinine. 

51. Aggravation: In a close, warm room; 
worse always in the evening, and forepart 
of the night; especially aggravated by re- 
turning to a close, warm room; from 
warmth of bed; while lying down, particu- 
larly on left side; in wet weather; before 
menstruation, and especially after rich, fat, 
greasy food, pastry, fruit, nuts, and ice- 
cream. 



RHEUM. 295 

52. Amelioration: In the open air; craves 
fresh, cool air; in a cold place; from cold 
air and cold things; from midnig-ht to noon; 
in dry weather; from exercise; when lying 
on the back, and from external pressure. 



RHEUM. 

RHUBARB. 

Through the sympathetic gangha in the muscular coat 
of the intestines, Rheum has tivo special centers of action : 

Intestinal C. (Muse.) Incr. Peristalsis ; Diarrh. 
Liver. Hepatic Stimulant. Secretion of Bile Increased. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to acid children 
that cry a g:reat deal; restless at night; 
much colic, with very sour-smelling- stools; 
the child has a sour smell that cannot be 
removed by any amount of washing and 
care to keep it clean. 

2. Cholera infantum; stools frequent, 
frothy, watery, or of a pea-green color, and 
very acrid; much colic, the whole child 
smelling sour. 



296 RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 

3. Duodenal catarrh, and in catarrh of 
the bihary ducts, with jaundice; stools clay 
colored. (Similar to Calomel.) 

4. Food soon becomes repulsive, but has 
a desire to eat. 

5. Ag"gTavation : From uncovering: from 
cold; morning-, and before stool. 

6. Amelioration: From warmth, and from 
wrapping up. 

RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 

POISON OAK. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Rhus toxi- 
codendron has eleven special centers of action : 

f Vesicular Eiysipelas ; Eczema. 

I Pemphigus ; Sour S\veat. 

Mucous Membranes. (Fauces, ) ^ ^ 

^ ^ ^^ , V Inftatnmation. 

Gastro-Intestinal Canal.) \ *^ 

Eyes. Rheumatic Conjunctivitis ; Strumous Ophthal. 

Lungs. Congestion; Injlam.; lyphoid Pneumonia. 

Mouth. Acute Piflamjuation of Fauces ; Sordes. 

Stomach. Loss of Appetite ; Nausea; Vomit.; Gastrit. 

{ Typhoid Enteritis ; Tymlyanitis ; hivol- 
Intestines. J -^ , o, 7 

( untary Stools, 

Sero-Fibrous Tissue. ) _,. . - 1 t r, 

,^ ^ - \ KheumaJoid Inflammation. 

(Tendons, rAsci^.) \ 

Lymphatics. Secretions Acrid; Congestion; Inflam. 

Cerebro-S. Sys. Profound Depression; Paralysis. 

Blood. Septic Eever ; Fihrine Increased. 



RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 297 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to diseases that par- 
take of a rheumatic nature; the pains are 
greatly aggravated by rest and damp, rainy 
weather; relieved somewhat by motion. 

2. The pains are greatly aggravated by 
rest; worse after midnight and before 
storms; relieved by motion; has to toss 
about constantly to get relief; cannot lie 
long in one position, but must shift about 
to get relief; the relief lasts but a short 
time, when the patient must move again. 

3. The great characteristic peculiarity of 
the symptoms of Rhus is, that, with few 
exceptions, they occur and are aggravated 
during repose, and are ameliorated by mo- 
tion. In addition to the symptoms resem- 
bling paralysis, there are also groups of 
symptoms resembling muscular and articu- 
lar rheumatism. These rheumatic symp- 
toms come on with severity during repose, 
and increase as long as the patient keeps 
quiet, until they compel him to move. Now, 
on the first attempt to move, he finds himself 
very stiff, and the first movement is very 
painful. By continuing to move for a little 



298 RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 

while, however, the stiffness is reheved, and 
the pains decidedly decrease, the patient feel- 
ing much better; but this improvement does 
not last long. After moving continuously 
for a longer or shorter period, and finding 
comfort therein, the paralytic symptoms 
interpose their exhausting protest, and the 
patient is compelled, from a sensation of 
lassitude and powerlessness, to suspend his 
movements and come to repose. At first 
this repose, after long-continued motion, is 
grateful, since it relieves, not the aching 
and severe pains, but only the sense of pros- 
tration. Before long the pains come on 
again during this repose, and the patient is 
forced to move again as before. 

4. Bad effects from strains, lifting, par- 
ticularly from stretching arms high up to 
reach things, and from severe wetting in 
rain when heated; the limbs become very 
lame and stiff in damp air before storms; 
rheumatic fever. Acts especially on the 
right side of the body. 

5. The child always gets worse after mid- 
night; more colic, more diarrhoea, more rheu- 
matism, more restless, than during the day. 



RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 2gO 

6. The patient is of a rather mild temper- 
ament; the dehrium is of a mild type, not 
violent; greatly depressed and despondent; 
averse to all exertion, full of sad anxiety 
and care-taking; anxiety is so great he 
thinks he shall die or lose his mind; the 
vital forces sink; he gets fits of trembling, 
with great restlessness; cannot remain in 
bed. 

7. Delirium, sadness, and weeping, with- 
out knowing why; vertigo on rising up; 
hard headache, relieved by motion. 

8. Redness of the eyes in the morning, 
with agglutination, and filled with purulent 
mucus; eyelids present a bladder-like ap- 
pearance. 

9. Great external swelling of the lids and 
sub-mucous cellular tissue, with paralysis of 
the upper lids; erysipelas of the lids. 

10. Soreness of tongue, with redness at 
apex; tongue cracked, with great dryness; 
tongue so stiff cannot talk. 

11. Hard swelling of the parotid and sub- 
maxillary glands; fever-blisters around the 
mouth; hydroa on the lips. 

12. Putrid taste; after the first mouthful 



300 RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 

has no appetite; gxeat desire for cold milk, 
water, or beer; unquenchable thirst. 

13. Enteritis or peritonitis; great disten- 
tion of the abdomen, with typhoid symp- 
toms, and involuntary stools. 

14. Stools watery; thin, red, mucous; yel- 
low; bloody; of jelly-like mucus; yellow- 
ish white, faecal; involuntary, with g-reat 
exhaustion, in typhoid fever; cutting colic 
before stool; relieved after stool, by warmth 
and by continued motion. 

15. Urine red and scanty, with pain in the 
loins, with paralysis of the bladder; urine 
discharged in drops, and often bloody. 

16. Erysipelatous inflammation of the 
w^hole generative apparatus; the scrotum 
becomes thick and hard, with intolerable 
itching; swelling produced by serous infil- 
tration of the cellular tissue, and vesicular 
eruption. 

17. Menses too early and too profuse; the 
discharge causes a violent pain in the vulva; 
rheumatic element predominates. 

18. Particularly indicated where repeated 
drenchings in the rain have deranged the 
uterine functions. 



RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 30I 

19. Acute cases of cough, with much pros- 
tration of the whole system; terrible cough, 
which seems as if it would tear something- 
out of the chest; hard rheumatic coughs, 
where the case is apt to take on a low 
typhoid form; greatly aggravated at night. 
In pneumonia, with brick-dust expectora- 
tion, or bloody sputa raised with great diffi- 
culty; high fever and involuntary diarrhoea. 

20. Skin burning, and redness over large 
cutaneous surfaces, which soon swell up and 
become covered with watery vesicles, ac- 
companied by almost intolerable itching, 
with a tendency to invade large surfaces 
rather than to penetrate deeply into the 
skin. 

21. Vesicular eruptions on any part of the 
body; rubbing the affected parts increases 
the eruption. 

22. All kinds of skin diseases, which 
threaten to suppurate, or which are charac- 
terized by the general restless fever and 
prostration of the drug. 

23. Stiffness of the nape of the neck and 
entire back; pain, as if bruised in the small 
of the back, relieved by motion, 



302 RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 

24. All the limbs feel stiff and paralyzed 
during and after walking; trembling of the 
arms; great weariness of the legs while 
walking in the open air; he is scarcely able 
to proceed because they are so heavy and 
weary. 

25. Inflammatory rheumatism of the limbs 
and joints; joints swollen; greatly aggra- 
vated by rest, cold air, and at night; relieved 
by motion, for a short time, then compelled 
to change position frequently; sour perspira- 
tion. 

26. Slow, adynamic fever, with mild delir- 
ium; tongue dry, red, or brown, as if it had 
been skinned; sordes of the teeth; bowels 
loose and tympanitic; great weakness; 
powerlessness of the limbs, so that he can 
hardly draw them up, with great restless- 
ness after midnight; has to move often to 
get relief. 

27. Sour, musty, or putrid sweat, espe- 
cially mornings, in rheumatism; profuse 
sweat in the morning. 

28. Acts especially on the right side of the 
body. 

29. Aggravation: While at rest; on begin- 



ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA. 303 

ning to move; before a storm of rain, espe- 
cially when getting" wet w^iile perspiring; 
cold, wet, foggy weather; after midnight; 
from anything cold; from sprains; at night, 
especially after midnight; from getting wet 
or damp in cold places; from bathing, or in 
winter. 

30. Amelioration: From continuous mo- 
tion; on moving the affected parts; in warm, 
dry weather; from wrapping up the head or 
parts involved; from warm or hot things; 
after breakfast; during the day; change of 
position; from stretching out the limbs, and 
from motion in the open air. 



ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA. 

BLACK LOCUST. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Robinia 
has two special coders of action : 

Stomach. (Vagi.) Nausea; VomiVg {^Exces. Acid.') 
Intestinal C. htdigestion ; Excessive Iri-itability. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially useful in gastric diseases, 
where acidity is the ruling symptom; vomit- 



304 ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA. 

ing of intensely sour fluid, setting the teeth 
on edge. 

2. In the case of infants, the whole child 
smells sour from the excessively acid secre- 
tions. 

3. Sour eructations of infants; the whole 
child smells sour. 

4. Great distention of the stomach and 
bowels with gas; the intestines distended 
almost to the point of rupturing, with violent 
colic, and acid diarrhoea. 

5. Cholera infantum; stools green and 
watery; much tympanitis; colic; great irri- 
tability, and the whole child smells sour. 

6. Low spirited, with excessive irritability, 
from indigestion. 

7. Migraine, with eructations, acid vomit- 
ing, and extreme irritability; the pain in the 
head greatly aggravated by motion. 

8. Aggravation: Motion; pressure; after- 
noon, and at night. 

9. Amelioration: Quiet, and in the morn- 
ing. 



RUMEX CRISPUS. 

YELLOW DOCK. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Rumex 
\\2i'sfo2tr special centers of action : 

Mucous TvIem. (Larynx, Trachea. ) Ilypcjucsthesia. 
Skin. Herpes; Scabies; Greatly Aggrav.l>y Cold Air. 
Lymphatics. Hypertrophy ; Secretio?is Acrid, 
Digestive Organs. Morni7ig Diarrhoea. 

GRAND CHx\RACTERISTICS. 

L Its great field of usefulness is in affec- 
tions of the larynx and trachea, where the 
sensibility of the mucous membrane is 
extreme, and there is violent, incessant, dry, 
fatiguing cough, with but little expectora- 
tion; aggravated by pressure, talking, and 
especially by inspiring cool air, and at night. 

2. Sense of excoriation behind the ster- 
num, with raw pain under each clavicle 
while havv'king; left chest most involved. 

3. The most violent cough in a few mo- 
ments after lying down, especially at night, 
from breathing cool air, so that he has to 
cover his head to breathe. 

4. In some cases, complete aphonia. 

5. Very sensitive to the open, cold air, 

1:0 305 



306 SABAL SERRULATA. 

6. Early morning diarrhoea, hurrying the 
patient out of bed; stools brown and watery, 
with catarrhal cough, and much debility. 

7. Aggravation: From cold, damp, raw 
weather; the cough, from lying down at 
night, and especially by cold air, so that 
he has to cover the head up to breathe; 
diarrhoea in the early morning. 

8. Amelioration: Through the day; after 
eating; cough from warm air, and covering 
up the head. 



SABAL SERRULATA. 

SAW PALMETTO. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Sabal 
has eight special centers of action : 

Mucous Mem. (Nose,) _ ^ 1 1 r n 

^ ^ ^ r Latarr/iat luna7n7nation. 

i HROAT, LEUNGS.) ) 

Testicles. Increased Jictivity ^ Hypertrophy. 

Ovaries. Congestion ; Menstruation Increased. 

Mammae. Increased Secretion y Hypertrophy. 

_, ( Greatly Enlarged, with htcreased 

Prostate Gland. J ,r/-^- 

( J\'7ttrition. 

Bladder and Urethra. Irritable^ InJlam?natio72. 

Kidneys. Diuretic. 

{ Greatly Stimulated: Weight 
General Nutrition. \ t j 

) liter eased. 



SABAL SERRULATA. 307 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in prostatic troubles, 
with painful or difficult urination; sub-acute 
and chronic prostatitis. 

2. Atrophy of the prostate. It has a won- 
derful action to stimulate and restore the 
natural functions of the organ. In old men 
with enlarged prostate, where the urinary 
function is greatly interfered with, no rem- 
edy can take its place; but it should be 
given in large doses of the tincture, one tea- 
spoonful at a dose, bis die. 

3. Wasting of the testes, and loss of sex- 
ual power. Sub-acute and chronic epididy- 
mitis; coitus very painful at the time of 
emission (15 drops ter die). 

4. Atrophy of the mammae and uterus. 

5. Mal-nutrition, with great emaciation. 
(Give the oil, fifteen to thirty drops, three 
times a day, in Maltine.) The oil extracted 
from the berries of the Saw Palmetto 
has extraordinary fattening powers. Hogs 
soon become fat when they can get the fruit 
of this shrub. 

6. In catarrh of the nose, chronic bron- 
chitis, and phthisis pulmonalis, with copious 



308 SABINA. 

expectoration, the oil has given excellent 
results. 



SABINA. 

COMMON SAVINE. 

Through the cerebro-spiiial nervous system, Sabina has 

six special centers of action : 

Gastro-Intestinal C. Violent Injl.^ Stools of Blood. 

( Condylomata. 
Mucous Mem. a' ^^ "^ x a . t n 

( (Intestinal.) Acute Inflammation. 

Urinary Organs. Acute hf animation ; Albuminuria. 

Sexual O., Female. Congestion ; Inflam.; Abortion. 

CiRCULA. Small Doses Stimulate; Large^ Paralyze. 

Fibrous Tissue. Arthritis. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to plethoric, gouty 
women, whose menses are habitually pro- 
fuse, with drawing" and tearing pains from 
back through to pubes. This drawing pain 
is especially characteristic of this drug. 

2. Especially useful in protracted cases of 
uterine hemorrhages arising from loss of 
tone in the vessels of the uterus, whether 
from disease or from the pressure of the 
foetus in utero; blood dark and clotted, with 
drawing pains from the back to the pubes. 



SABiNA. 3og 

3. Hemorrhage after abortion or parturi- 
tion; the blood dark and clotted, mixed with 
thin, watery blood, with pains extending- 
from the back through to the pubes. 

4. Excessive debilitating menses in ar- 
thritic females. 

5. Very nervous and hysterical, and, if she 
becomes pregnant, is almost sure to abort 
about the third month. 

6. Leucorrhoea, inclining to be ichorous, 
with much itching of the vulva. 

7. Metritis after labor, with severe after- 
pains from back to pubes. 

8. Inflammation of the kidneys, with re- 
tention of urine; albuminuria; ardor urinae; 
in rheumatic subjects. 

9. Quivering in the abdomen as if there 
was something alive in it, resembling foetal 
movements. 

10. Diarrhoea; stools of mucus and blood, 
with pains extending from the back through 
to the pubes. 

11. Chronic arthritis; cannot bear a heated 
room, better in cold air; great w^eakness of 
the limbs, with tearing pains at night, espe- 
cially in the joints. 



310 SAMBUCUS NIGRA. 

12. Condylomata ;nodosities of the joints. 

13. Aggravation: From warm air; in a 
warm room, or in bed; morning and night. 

14. Amehoration: In open, cool air; dur- 
ing the day, and from cold generally. 



SAMBUCUS NIGRA. 

COMMON ELDER. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Sambucus 
has two special centers of action : 

Mucous Mem. (Lungs.) Catarrhal Inflammation. 
Skin. Powerful Sudorific. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in catarrhal affections 
of the air-passages, with suffocative attacks; 
much mucus in the bronchi, expectorated 
with difficulty. 

2. In suffocating, wheezing cough of chil- 
dren, waking them up at midnight, accom- 
panied by great dyspnoea. 

3. Hoarseness with much tenacious mucus 
in larynx. 

4. Profuse debilitating night sweats. 



SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS. 3II 

5. Ag-gravation: During- rest, and morn- 
ing's. 

6. Amelioration: From motion, and sit- 
ting- up in bed. 



SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS. 

BLOOD ROOT. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Sanguinaria 
has eight special centers of actioii : 

Mucous Mem. (Lungs, Stomach.) Acute Iiiflam. 
Stomach. Violent Emesis ^ Acute Injl.; Incr. Secretion. 
Liver. Stiinulated ; Increased Biliary Secretion. 
Glands. (Salivary.) Copious Salivation. 
Cerebro-S. vS. Paral. of Resp. Center; Spiital Paral. 
Heart. Inhibitory Paral.; Blood-Presstire Lessened. 
Vaso- Motor Sys. (z) Sti?nulated; {2) Paralyzed. 
Temperature. Always Lessened. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful for cough, either in 
the sub-acute or chronic form, where the 
larg"er bronchial tubes are involved, and the 
stage of mucous secretion has been reached; 
the cough sounds very loose, but the secre- 
tion of mucus is expectorated with great 
difficulty. 

2. Loose catarrhal cough, with offensive 



312 SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS. 

breath, headache, sore throat, red cheeks, 
and pains in the chest. 

3. Tough, rusty-colored sputa in the sec- 
ond or third stag'e of pneumonia; excessive 
dyspnoea. 

4. Troublesome, harassing cough, with 
marked inflammatory action, where you are 
uncertain whether you are dealing with a 
chronic bronchitis or an incipient tuber- 
culosis. 

5. Breath and sputa smell bad, even to 
the patient; circumscribed redness of the 
cheeks in the afternoon; patient lies on his 
back; pulse small and quick. (Use Nitrate 
of Sanguinaria 3d dec.) 

6. Aphonia, with swollen larynx; rawness, 
burning ulcers, dry cough, with tickling in 
the throat-pit and crawling extending be- 
neath the sternum. Stinging, biting, pep- 
per-like irritation of the fauces and posterior 
nares. 

7. Membranous croup, with whistling- 
cough; dryness of the throat and aphonia. 
(Use the Nitrate of Sanguinaria.) 

8. In acute and chronic catarrh of the 
nasal mucous membrane, a snuff of the 



SAXGUINARIA CANADENSIS. 31^ 

Nitrate, as well as the internal administra- 
tion of the drug, will cure in many cases. 

g. Sick headache; pain commences in the 
back of the neck, rises, and spreads over the 
head, and settles down over the right eye, 
with nausea and vomiting; has to be in the 
dark, and perfectly still. 

10. Annoying flushings at the climacteric 
age; goneness in the stomach; dyspnoea; 
very dyspeptic; burning of the palms of the 
hands and soles of the feet; has to throw 
the bedclothes off the feet for the purpose 
of cooling them. 

11. Ulceration of the mouth and fauces; 
gums and throat feel as if scalded; saliva- 
tion. 

12. Sub-acute and chronic gastritis, with 
terrible burning; unquenchable thirst; pain; 
acid vomiting; much flatus, raised in large 
quantities, and sensation of goneness in the 
stomach. 

13. Diarrhoea; stools watery, thin, faecal, 
and undigested. 

14. Jaundice, with nausea and vomiting. 

15. Urine scanty and high colored. 

16. Menses too early, too profuse, associ- 



314 SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS. 

ated with sick-headache, and annoying hot 
flashes. 

17. Locally, the Nitrate of Sanguinaria is 
very useful for diseased mucous membranes, 
with inflammation and ulceration, especially 
in the mouth. 

18. Aggravation: Morning, and especially 
evening; from noise, light, motion, and in 
the open air. 

19. Amelioration: During the day; when 
quiet, and in the dark. 



SECALE CORNUTUM. 

ERGOT OF RYE. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous S3^stem, Sccale has 
ten special centers of action : 

Heart. InJiibitoiy P aval.; Pulsation Greatly Lessened. 
Circulation. Tonic Arter. Contrac; Veins Dilated. 
Greatly Lowered^ Sometimes Five De- 



-I 



Temperature. , ^ 

grees P. 

I Abortifacie?zt ; Violent Tetanic Contractions 
Uterus. -J from Arterial AncEmia and Venous Hyper- 

( cE7nia. Death of Poet us from Uterine Teta?i. 
Stomach. (Vagi.) Violent Einesis ; Hcematemesis. 
Small Intestines. Pier. Peristal; Watery Diarrh. 
Sphincter Muscles. All Paralyzed. 
Cerebro-S. S. Formication ; AIusc. Cramp; Epilepsy, 
Eyes. Pupils Dilated; Amaurosis fro7?z Arter. Ancemia. 
Diaphoresis ; Furuncles ; Eczema, 
Gangrene ; Purpura, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 



KIN. ] 



1. Especially useful in thin, scrawny, 
cachectic, dried-up looking women, of a 
passive character, afflicted with melancholy, 
anguish, dread of death; with constant sen- 
sation of pressure and bearing-down sen- 
sation in the uterus, and subject to passive 
and offensive hemorrhages. 

2. Scrawny w^omen who have excessive 

and profuse discharges from all the secret- 
sis 



3l6 SECALE CORNOTUM. 

ing" outlets of the body, and who are con- 
stantly cold; desire to be uncovered, even 
in cholera, with cold perspiration; intoler- 
ance of all covering;, with cold skin; worse 
from warmth. 

3. Diseases that have a strong tendency 
to putrescence and gangrene. 

4. Frightful anxiety, melancholy, and fear 
of death; consciousness seems to continue 
till the last breath. 

5. Congestive headaches; the pain rises 
up into the head from the back of the neck; 
the occiput first suffers, then it extends all 
over the head, with great agonizing distress; 
face pale; extremities cold and livid; the 
head is often drawn backward. 

6. Chronic congestion of the scalp; hair 
becomes dry, gray, and falls out, in scrawny 
women. 

7. Eyes and face sunken; eyes surrounded 
by a blue margin; pupils dilated. 

8. Bleeding of the nose; face pale and 
collapsed. 

Q. Unquenchable thirst. 
ID. Excessive hunger; cannot be satisfied; 
cravine for acids. 



SECALE CORNUTUM. 317 

11. Haematemesis; very weak; lies still. 

12. Vomiting of food; bile; mucus; blood 
and decomposed matter; with terrible dis- 
tress in the stomach. 

13. Watery diarrhoea, sudden, with un- 
quenchable thirst. 

14. Putrid, fetid, and colliquative diar- 
rhoea; cramps and cold, clammy perspira- 
tion; shriveled skin, with icy coldness, and 
a great aversion to being covered ; collapsed ; 
stools involuntary, urine suppressed; great 
tympanitis. 

15. Paralysis of the rectum; anus wide 
open, with great exhaustion. 

16. Skin dry, brittle, and shriveled; large 
ecchymosis; blood-blisters, becoming gan- 
grenous; senile gangrene; dry ulcers, and 
the slightest wound bleeds for weeks. 

17. Excessive, offensive perspiration. 

18. Limbs become cold, pale, and wTinkl- 
ed, as if they had been a long time in water. 

19. Numbness of the fingers and toes; 
often followed by gangrene. 

20. Anaesthesia of the limbs; paralysis, 
with convulsive shocks in the paralyzed 
limb. 



3l8 SEPIA. 

21. Aggravation: Especially by warmth; 
heat applied to any part of the body greatly 
aggravates, so much so that there is extreme 
aversion to covers; cannot be covered in 
fevers. At night, or during menstruation. 

22. Amelioration: In cold air; from get- 
ting cold from being uncovered; from 
sweat; extending flexed parts, and during 
the day. 



SEPIA. 

CUTTLE FISH JUICE. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Sepia 

has seven special centers of action : 

Venous System. Congestion of the Portal Sy stein. 
Liver. Congestion^ Torpidity ^ Acid Secretions. 
Kidneys. Scanty Urine; Incr. Uric Acid; Lithiasis. 
Gastro-Intes. C. Portal Cong.; Torpidity ; Constip. 
Uterus. Ve7ious Coiig.; Leucorr.; Ulcer.; Prolapsus. 
Ovaries, Venous Congestion ; Atony ; Scanty Mens. 
{ Cachectic^ Tellow^ Eai'thy., Waxy, 
' I C/iloas?na; Eczema, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially adapted to sub-acute and 
chronic diseases in women with dark hair, 



SEPIA. 319 

tight, rigid fiber, and who are very sensitive 
to cold air, with profuse night sweats. 

2. Very fetid urine, depositing a clay- 
colored sediment, which adheres to the 
chamber with great tenacity. 

3. The urine is so putrid that it cannot be 
suffered to remain in the room. 

4. The urine deposits a reddish, clay- 
colored sediment, which adheres to the bot- 
tom and sides of the vessel as if it had been 
burnt on like burnt clay. 

5. The child wets the bed during the first 
sleep. 

6. Gonorrhoea in the male or female, after 
the acute symptoms have subsided; the 
urine is loaded with urates, staining every- 
thing red, and often excoriating and very 
fetid, associated with prostatitis. (Use the 
30th attenuation.) 

7. The chief use of Sepia, overshadowing 
all others, is found in sub-acute and chronic 
diseases of females; associated with chlo- 
asma of the skin. 

8. Congestion and ulceration of the os 
and cervix uteri, with burning, shooting, 
stitching pains in the neck of the uterus, and 



320 SEPIA. 

sensation as if everything would be forced 
out of the vagina; she has to cross her legs 
to prevent it. 

9. Sensation as if she must cross her legs, 
sit close, to keep something from coming 
out of the vagina, with an empty, all-gone 
feeling in the epigastrium, is the greatest 
characteristic of Sepia. 

10. Profuse mucous leucorrhoea, having a 
fetid smell, or like pus, with drawing pains 
in the abdomen, and induration of the cer- 
vix uteri. 

11. Leucorrhoea, with stitches in the neck 
of the uterus, and much itching in the 
vagina. 

12. Painful coition, with contractive pain 
in the vagina; almost continual stitches in 
the vagina. 

13. Menses too early and too scanty, pre- 
ceded by violent aching in the abdomen; 
causing faintness, chilliness, and shuddering. 

14. Menorrhagia, with a painful sensation 
of emptiness at the pit of the stomach; urine 
very fetid, and a sediment like burnt clay 
upon the bottom of the vessel; yellow sad- 
dle across the nose, and spots on the face. 



SEPIA. 321 

15. Chronic metrorrhagia, excited by the 
least cause; icy cold feet; flushes of heat; 
great sense of emptiness in the pit of the 
stomach; constipation, with great sense of 
weight at the anus, not relieved by stool. 

16. Sudden hot flushes at the climacteric, 
with momentary sw^eat, weakness, and a 
great tendency to faint. 

17. Amenorrhcea in feeble, cachectic con- 
stitutions, with delicate, thin skin ; menstru- 
ation always irregular; sweats profusely 
when walking; particularly sensitive to cold 
air; painful sensation of emptiness at the pit 
of the stomach; constipation, and sense of 
weight in the anus; swollen appearance of 
the whole body; face puffy, pale, or yellow; 
feeling of a lump in the throat. 

18. Faint, sinking, empty, gone feeling at 
the pit of the stomach, relieved somewhat 
by eating. 

ig. Obstinate constipation; stools hard, 
knotty, voided with great difficulty, with 
sense of w^eight or of a ball in the anus. 

20. The stool is voided with great diffi- 
culty, covered with mucus; sometimes im- 
possible to pass it, even with the most ter- 
21 



322 SEPIA. 

rible straining; with much burning at the 
anus and in the rectum, and sense of great 
weight as of a ball at the anus. 

21. Piles; the portal circulation is retarded, 
causing an overloading of the portal vascu- 
lar system with venous blood (plethora 
venosa); protrusion of the piles and anus; 
continual straining pain in the rectum; heat, 
burning, and swelling of the anus; discharge 
of black venous blood. 

22. Pot-belliedness in women, with yel- 
low saddle across the nose; very irritable 
and faint from the least exertion. 

23. Functional diseases of the liver; sub- 
acute and chronic hepatitis, with stitches 
and fullness in the hepatic region. 

24. Many brown spots on the abdomen; 
chloasma, with yellow saddle across the 
nose. 

25. Loose cough in the morning, with 
efforts to vomit. 

26. The least injury to the skin tends to 
ulcerate. (Like Sulphur.) 

27. Eruptions very moist, almost con- 
stantly discharging pus-like matter. 

28. Brown discolorations of the forehead, 



SEPIA. 323 

cheeks, skin, and particularly across the 
bridge of the nose Hke a saddle. 

29. Specific in herpes circinatus. 

30. Sensation of coldness between the 
shoulders, followed by general coldness; 
difficult breathing-, with convulsive twitch- 
ing of the right side. 

31. Sudden faintness, with profuse sweats 
and undisturbed consciousness, without 
being able to speak or stir. 

32. Arthritic pains, with stiffness and 
cracking of the joints. 

33. Aggravation: Morning and evening; 
,especially cold air; wet weather; motion; 
sexual excesses; fat, greasy food, and dur- 
ing pregnancy. 

34. Amelioration: From warmth; warm, 
open air, and middle of the day. 



SILICEA. 

SILICIC ACID. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Silicea 
has j^2^^ special centers of action : 

-r, ^ _ ( InJia77tf7tation : Ulcer- 

liONES AND 1^ IBROUS i ISSUE. J "^ . ^ . 

[ ation; Lanes, 
Lymphatics. Congestion; Hypej-trophy ; Suppu7-atio7i, 
Skin. Pustular l7ifl.; Cold Extremities ; Fetid Sweats, 
Mucous Mem. Catarrhal InJlam7nation ; Ulceration. 
Cerebro-S. S. Loss of Nutritio7i ; Neuras,; Spasms, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to people with san- 
guine, lymphatic temperaments, and to chil- 
dren with large bellies, weak ankles, much 
perspiration about the head, and disposition 
to cover the head up to keep it warm. 

2. Chronic scrofulous, suppurative dis- 
eases, especially in rachitic children, where 
the nutrition of an organ is assailed rather 
than the functions. 

3. V. Grauvogl mentions Silicea as a nu- 
trition remedy against the hydrogenoid con- 
stitution. It certainly has a very special 
bearing upon the organs of the vegetative 
system. Moreover, the fact that nutrition is 

poor — not, however, in consequence of poor 

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SiLICEA. 325 

food, but of deficient assimilation (such 
patients are usually constipated) — argues in 
favor of the importance of Silicea as an 
anti-scrofulosum. Constitution feeble; skin 
thin, delicate; face pale, and aggravation of 
the whole morbid condition when the moon 
is waxing". 

4. Induration and suppuration of the 
lymphatic glandular system in any part of 
the body. It has an extraordinary control 
over the suppurative process, seeming to 
mature abscesses when desired, and cer- 
tainly reducing excessive suppuration to 
moderate limits. 

5. In chronic inflammation and caries of 
the joints, no remedy can equal Silicea, 
especially in the case of children with copi- 
ous perspiration of the head, and great ten- 
derness of the surfaces of the body. 

6. Diseases brought on by exposing the 
back to any slight draft of air; want of vital 
warmth, even when taking exercise. 

7. Vertigo is a very prominent symptom, 
when rising from the recumbent position, or 
from stooping, sitting, walking, or looking 
up. It seems to come from the dorsal 



326 SILICEA. 

region up through the nape of the neck into 
the head. 

8. Confusion of the head; mental exertion 
is very difficult; confusion in speaking; it is 
difficult to seize the right expression; a brief 
conversation causes confusion of the head 
and general lassitude; memory is enfeebled; 
dullness of the head, without pain, as if it 
were too full of blood. 

Q. Headache, the pain involving the occi- 
put, nape of the neck, vertex, and the eyes, 
most generally the right eye; greatly ag- 
gravated by motion, noise, or light, the 
senses of sight and hearing being unnatu- 
rally acute. The patient prefers to lie down 
in a dark, quiet room, is greatly relieved by 
warm applications to the head. The head- 
ache is often accompanied by nausea and 
vomiting; passes off during sleep. 

10. She is occupied with pins, counts 
them, hunts for them, and is always worse 
during the increase of the moon; dreams 
about corpses, and dead persons generally. 

11. Large, open fontanelles; in children, 
there is excessive perspiration about the 
head, wetting the pillow far around, and the 



SILICEA. 327 

child must cover the head up to keep it 
warm. 

12. The head is sore to the touch exter- 
nally; lumps rise on the head, hair falls out; 
tearing pains, with eczema of the scalp. 

13. Coldness from nape of the neck to 
vertex. 

14. Otorrhoea; foul, watery discharges, 
with caries; chronic, slow, painful suppura- 
tion; much roaring and loud noises in the 
ears, with deafness. 

15. Ulceration of the cornea; pustular 
keratitis; opacity of the cornea; cataract 
after suppressed foot-sweat. 

16. Inflammation of the lachrymal sac, 
with swelling;, pain, tenderness, and lachry- 
niation; suppuration seems inevitable. 

17. Ciliary neuralgia has been often cured 
with Silicea. 

18. Constipation with desire for stool; 
sensation as though faeces remained in the 
rectum, which has not pow^er to expel them; 
when, after much effort of the abdominal 
muscles, faeces have been nearly expelled, 
they suddenly recede into the rectum, the 
rectum not having power to expel the stool. 



328 SILICEA. 

19. Always great constipation before and 
during- menstruation. 

20. Intensely painful haemorrhoids; pro- 
trude after stool, become incarcerated and 
suppurate; often accompanied with fistula. 

21. Menses too frequent and too profuse, 
or very irregular; paroxysms of icy cold- 
ness over the whole body at the appearance 
of the menses, and icy cold feet during the 
menses; with constipation and very fetid 
foot-sweat. 

22. Nipples ulcerate easily; fistulous ulcers 
of the mammae; the substance of the mam- 
mae seems to be discharged in the pus; one 
lobe after another seems to ulcerate and 
discharge into one common ulcer; often 
with great pain; or there may be several 
orifices, one for each lobe; hard lumps in 
the mammae. 

23. In organic diseases of the air-passages, 
where suppuration has taken place, with a 
suffocative, racking, loose cough; copious 
expectoration of thick, yellow, greenish pus; 
accompanied with hectic fever; profuse 
night sw^eats, and great debility. 

24. Pressing pain, stitches; general sen- 



SILICEA. 329 

sation of weakness in the chest; can hardly 
speak, so weak; deep sighing respiration. 

25. Dropsy of the chest, or empyema; 
motion produces severe palpitation of the 
heart; from anaemia and lack of nutrition. 

26. Weakness in the back, and a paralyzed 
feeling in lower extremities, could scarcely 
walk; from lack of nutrition. 

27. Spinal irritation, with constant aching 
at the spine; spinal curvature; painful to 
touch and motion; rachitis; nervous affec- 
tions following injuries of the spine; cannot 
bear pressure upon the spine. 

28. Nails rough and yellow; sensation as 
if the tips of the fingers were suppurating. 

29. Offensive foot-sweats, with rawness 
between the toes; carrion-like odor from the 
feet. 

30. Caries of the femur and tibia, espe- 
cially of the joints. 

31. Great weakness of lower extremities. 

32. Profuse debilitating night sweats, 
from chronic suppuration. 

33. Spongy, readily bleeding ulcers, with 
torpid, callous edges; fistulous ulcers, secret- 
ing a thin, ichorous, fetid, yellow fluid. 



330 SILICEA. 

34. Ailments following vaccination; great 
tendency to boils; malignant carbuncles 
and suppurations. 

35. Small wounds in the skin easily suppu- 
rate, and heal with difficulty. 

36. The skin of children is sensitive and 
irritable, and the whole body is painful as if 
beaten. 

37. Aggravation: from cold air or water; 
during motion; at night, and morning; dur- 
ing the new moon; menstruation, and from 
uncovering, especially the head. 

38. Amelioration: From warmth, espe- 
cially from wrapping up the head; in warm 
air; in the middle of the day. 



SPARTEINE. 

SCOPARIUS. (broom.) 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Sparteine 
(the alkaloid of Scoparius, or Broom) has six special 
centers of action : 

j Small Doses Greatly Stimulate. 

' \ Large Doses Paralyze. 

Vagi. Respiratory Centers First Stim.^ then Paral. 

^ _, ( Motor Centers Paralyzed; Por^nication 

Spinal Cord. -^ • 77 ^ w ^ 7 • 

( tn Jlxtre7nities ; Lonvutsions. 

C Congestion; Vertigo; Flushed Face; Vaso- 

' \ Motor Stimtilation. 

Gastro-Intes. C. Vomiting ; Mydragogue Cathartic. 

Urinary Organs. Powerful Diuretic. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in functional cardiac 
diseases, where irregularity of the heart's 
action is the most prominent symptom. It 
greatly increases the force of the cardiac 
beat, and regulates the heart's action with 
greater rapidity than Digitalis. In its thera- 
peutic action it greatly resembles the latter 
drug. 

2. Organic valvular diseases of the heart, 
with weak, irregular pulse, associated with 
dropsy and general anasarca. (This is a 
powerful remedy in the ist dec.) 

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332 SPIGELlA. 

3. Dyspepsia, with irregular pulse, angina 
pectoris, and great depression of mind, as- 
sociated with a great accumulation of gas 
in the gastro-intestinal canal. (Sparteine is 
one of my best remedies.) 

4. Albuminuria, especially if from organic 
heart troubles or acute nephritis. (This is 
a grand remedy.) 



SPIGELlA. 

PINK ROOT. 

Through the cerehro-splnal nervous system, Spigelia 
\\2i'^foiir special centers of action: 

Digestive Organs. Mild Cathartic ; Vermicide. 
Cerebro-Spin. S. Neuralgia j Vertigo; Convulsions, 
Eyes. Mydriasis ; Rheu7natlc Ophthalmia; Neuralgia, 
Heart. Rheuniatlsm ; Excessive Palpitation, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially useful in neuralgia, where 
the pain centers on the right eye, either in 
the eye, or above or below; fine, tearing, 
burning, pressive pains in the morning in 
bed, but still more after rising; brought 
on by cold, damp, rainy weather. Hyper- 
aesthesia of the filaments of the fifth pair of 



SPIGELIA. 333 

nerves is the most prominent symptom of 
this drug". 

2. When headaches take the form of 
supra-orbital neuralgia, especially on the 
left side; when the pain recurs at regular 
intervals, tends to spread to the face or 
neck, and to involve the eyes; is aggravated 
by the least concussion or motion, but espe- 
cially by stooping; associated with pale 
face, restlessness, and palpitation of the 
heart. 

3. Does not dare to shake the head, for it 
hurts deep into the brain and he becomes 
dizzy; scalp very sore and sensitive to the 
touch. 

4. Rheumatic ophthalmia; eyes feel too 
large, and pain greatly on motion; intoler- 
able pressive pain in the eyeballs. 

5. Rheumatic pericarditis, with violent 
palpitation of the heart; the palpitation is so 
violent that the walls of the chest are raised. 

6. Dyspnoea; can lie only on the right 
side, with trunk raised; the least motion 
produces great suffocation, anxiety of mind, 
and palpitation of the heart. 

7. Much itching of the anus; ascarides 



334 SPONGIA. 

and lumbricoides; about specific for lum- 
bricoides. 

8. Tearing- pains in all the limbs and joints, 
with great weakness of the body, and much 
chilliness in the mornings. 

g. Very sensitive to cold air and to touch; 
the slightest jar or knock causes intense 
pain; acute inflammatory rheumatism. 

10. Its great sphere of usefulness is in 
neuralgia of the fifth pair of nerves, and 
rheumatic affections of the heart. 

11. Aggravation: From motion, noise, 
touch, turning the eyes; from morning till 
midnight, and from cold, damp, rainy 
weather. 

12. Amelioration: During rest; after mid- 
night, and warmth. 

SPONGIA. 

SPONGIA MARINA TOSTA. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Spongia 
has jfour special ceiiters of action : 

Glands. (Thyroid, Tes- ) ^ 

^ ^ . X Lonp-estion: Hy perry. 

TES, Lymphatics.) ) * ^ ^r ^ 

Mucous Mem. Secret. Arrested; Dry^ Hoarse Cough. 

Heart. Lack of Nutrition ; Valvular Deposits. 

Blood. Fibrine Increased ; Ancemia, 



SPONGIA. 335 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

T. It is especially useful in croup, where 
the acute inflammatory symptoms have 
been subdued by Aconite, and the dry, 
hoarse, croupous, irritating cough is a con- 
stant symptom. 

2. Cough dry and sibilant, sounding like 
a saw driven through a pine board, each 
cough corresponding to a thrust of the saw. 

3. Great dryness of the larynx, with 
hoarse, hollow, wheezing cough; chronic 
hoarseness and cough; often complete 
aphonia. 

4. Difficult respiration, as if a plug were 
sticking in the larynx, and the breath could 
not get through, on account of constriction 
of the larynx; dyspnoea and great weakness. 

5. Goiter, where there is enlargement of 
the lymphatic glandular system, associated 
with a dry laryngeal or tracheal cough and 
suffocative attacks at night; the thyroid 
gland seems indurated. 

6. Induration and enlargement of the 
ovaries. 

7. Menses too early and too profuse, with 
much pain in the limbs. 



336 STANNUM. 

8. Testicles swollen, hard, with much pain 
in the cord, especially from maltreated 
gonorrhoea ; enlarg'ement of the inguinal 
glands. 

Q. Angina pectoris; contracting pain in 
the chest, heat, suffocation, faintness, with 
much perspiration, and palpitation of the 
heart; from valvular insufficiency. 

10. Aggravation: In the evening until 
midnight; lying with the head low; when 
ascending stairs, or on over-exertion. 

11. Amelioration: During the day; in 
warm air, and when eating. 

STANNUM. 

TIN. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Stannum 
has four special ce?tters of action : 

Cekebro-S. S. Nciwasthenia ; Neuralgia ; Paralysis, 
Digestive O. Verjuicide ; Eiiteralgia; Co7istipation. 
Sexual Organs. Profound Neurasthenia. 
Lungs. Catarrhal Iiflammation^ Bronchorrhoea. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Tin is especially useful where the great 
prostration of the cerebro-spinal system is 



STANNUM. 337 

remarkable compared to the slight disturb- 
ance of the veg-etative sphere; the patient is 
so weak he must drop down, but can get up 
very well; coming down stairs produces 
great faintness. 

2. Reading aloud or talking produces 
great exhaustion. 

3. In almost all diseases the patient has a 
feeling of great weakness and exhaustion in 
the chest; is so weak cannot talk. 

4. The pains commence lightly, increase 
gradually to a very high degree, and then 
decrease again as slowly. 

5. Chronic catarrh of the pharynx, with 
hawking up of hard lumps of mucus. 

6. Chronic gastralgia, characterized by 
gradual increase and decrease of pain. 

7. Leucorrhoea with marked loss of 
strength, the weakness seeming to comiC 
from the chest. 

8. Menses too early, too profuse, preceded 
by melancholy; pain in the malar bones, 
which continues during the menses. 

9. Labor-pains produce great exhaustion 

from weakness in the chest; is all out of 

breath; cannot talk feels so weak. 
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338 STANNUM. 

10. Chronic bronchitis, with profuse green- 
ish expectoration, and great debihty, the 
legs not being able to support the body; 
the cough and expectoration cause a great 
weakness in the chest. 

11. Pale, anaemic subjects; short, difficult 
respiration, caused by weakness of the 
respiratory organs, with a feehng of great 
emptiness of the chest; dyspnoea from 
shght motion. 

12. Arms so weak that he cannot hold 
anything; excessive prostration of mind and 
body, must sit or lie down; when about to 
sit down, falls upon the chair, for want of 
strength. 

13. Swelling of the hands and feet in the 
evening, from general anaemia. 

14. Aggravation: From cold; talking; 
motion; evening, and during rest. 

15. AmeHoration: From warmth; lying or 
sitting down, and during the day. 



STIGMATA MAYDIS. 

CORN SILK. 

Through the sympathetic nervous system, Corn silk 
has t-i.vo special centers of action : 

Kidneys. DiiD'ctic. Uj-zc Acid Diathesis. 

Bladder. (Mucous Mem.) Congest. j InJla7n7natio7i. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in renal lithiasis, with 
nephritic colic and discharge of small cal- 
culi, red sand, and blood. Chronic pyelitis 
from calculi. 

2. Chronic retention of the urine, with 
violent tenesmus after urinating. 

3. Suppression of the urine, with great 
lack of solids, as shown by the low specific 
gravity. 

4. Vesical catarrh, with much irritation 
and tenesmus of the neck of the bladder; 
the urine is loaded with mucus and is very 
ammoniacal. 

5. In chronic gonorrhoea, where the pros- 
tate is involved; urination is very painful. 
(Given in 20 drop doses of the fluid extract.) 

6. Organic disease of the heart, with much 

oedema of the lower extremities, and scanty 

339 



340 STRAxMONIUM. 

urination. It tones up the heart's action 
and gives great reHef. (In 20 drop doses.) 



STRAMONIUM. 

THORN APPLE. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Stramo- 
nium has six special ce7tters of action : 

^ ., r. \ Spasms; Purious Dcliriujn ; 

Cerebko-Spinal Sys. \ ^ . . ' 

( Oast mate Inso?nnia. 

Eyes. ^Mydriatic. Injlainniation. 

Sexual O. Aphrodisiac ; Great Indccc7icy ; Inipotency. 

Digestive O. Spasms of Throat ; Dryness ; Constip. 

Vaso-Motor Circ. Tonic Capil. Contr.; Te.jnp. Incr. 

Skin. Fiery Kedness of Skin ; \^esicitlar Erysipelas, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. This drug is particularly useful in dis- 
eases of the brain and nervous system, 
where we have great congestion of blood to 
the head, and furious loquacious delirium; 
disposed to talk continually, with desire to 
escape out of bed. 

2. Imagines all sorts of things; that she is 
double, lying crosswise; pangs of con- 
science; thinks she is not honest; does not 
know her friends, etc. 

3. Delirium; noisy; frightened by strange 



STRAMONIUM. 34 1 

objects that obtrude upon his fancy; start- 
ing* up in great fright. 

4. TrembHng of the whole body; restless 
movements; subsultus tendinum; chorea- 
like movements; features continually chang- 
ing; at times laughing, at times expressing" 
astonishment. 

5. Convulsions at sight of a lighted candle, 
a mirror, or of water, or when a cup of 
drink touches the lips; rage on attempting 
to administer liquids; spasms of the phar- 
ynx, like hydrophobia. 

6. Restlessness and calling for water; 
swallowing difficult. 

7. Vertigo when walking in the dark, day 
or night; he staggers and falls down every 
time he attempts to w^alk; the same wdien 
walking in a darkened room in the daytime. 

8. In mania, it has less fever than Bella- 
donna has, more convulsions of isolated 
groups of muscles, more hallucination. It 
has more fever than Hyoscyamus, less lo- 
quacity; no quarrelsomeness, but, on the 
contrary, good nature. The hallucinations 
are real, not, as under Hyoscyamus, half 
real, bewildering the patient. 



342 STRAMONIUM. 

9. Produces no special headache, but has 
great congestion of blood to the head, with 
convulsive movements; the face swollen, 
flushed, and distorted. 

10. Dilatation of pupils so great that 
vision is lost; everything is in a fog, and 
seems to be tipping over; double vision. 

11. Very sensitive to noises; everything 
startles him. 

12. Excessive dryness of the mouth; lips 
sore, and sordes on the teeth. 

13. Speech stammering and difficult; 
tongue dry and swollen, or dry in the center. 

14. Complete loss of taste. 

15. Distressing dryness of the fauces, 
which are very red, with extreme difficulty 
in swallowing. 

16. Violent thirst, unallayed by water; 
craves acids. 

17. Diarrhoea of a cadaverous odor. 

18. The urine dribbles away very slowly; 
urine suppressed in eruptive fevers, but great 
desire to urinate. Suppression of urine 
after labor; the desire to void it is great, but 
there is no power to accomplish it. 

19. Menstruation excessive, with much 



STRAMONIUM. 343 

loquacity, and great nervous excitability; 
pains unbearable. 

20. Puerperal insanity; scanty lochia, and 
many hallucinations; extreme degree of 
nervous erethism; convulsions and restless- 
ness. 

21. Not much cough, but respiration very 
difficult and constricted; great anxiety, and 
lividity of the face; hardly possible to draw 
in the breath; asthma. 

22. Neurotic asthm^a, centering wholly in 
the lungs. Smoking the dried root or 
leaves, and inhaling the smoke into the 
lungs, has cured many cases; and it almost 
always gives temporary relief. Ten grains 
of the root, or twenty of the leaves, should 
be used at a time, and at the comm.encement 
of the attack. 

23. Great sensitiveness along the spine in 
the cervical region; cannot bear the slight- 
est pressure. 

24. In caries of the left hip-joint (morbus 
coxarius), Dr. Jeanes has given it with so 
much success that he recommends it as a 
specific for this destructive disease. 

25. Intensely red rash on the skin, 



344 STRAMONIUM. 

resembling" the rash of scarlatina, but hav- 
ing a more shining appearance, with great 
nervous erethism, trembling, and restless- 
ness. 

26. Coldness of the whole body, especially 
the limbs; doesn't want to be covered; hot, 
red face, and cold feet. 

27. Aggravation: Morning and night; 
when alone; in the dark; from looking at 
glistening objects; from being covered up, 
and from the sight of or attempting to 
swallow water. 

28. Amelioration: From company; being 
uncovered; from warmth; and in the house. 



SULPHUR. 

FLOWERS OF SULPHUR. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Sul- 
phur has ten special centers of action : 

^^ ^^ ^ ( Defective AssimiJatio7i. 

Sympathetic jNerv. Sys. \ ^/^ ^, ^ 

( Hot I" las lies. 

^ r. r^ { Vascular Con crest ion 

Sympathetic Spinal Gang. { r t^ - • 

[ oj J^er incur mm. 

Venous Sys. Capillary Cong.; Exud.; Suppuration. 

Portal Sys. Chronic Cong.; Hccmorrhoids ; Coiistip. 

Lymphatics. Acrid Secretions^ Excoriating All Parts. 

Serous Mem. Serous Effusions ; Exudative Injlam. 

Mucous ^Iem. Excessively Excoriatiitg Secretions. 

Blood. Fihrine Increased ; Rheumatoid Affections, 

Skin. Vesicular and Pustidar Tnjlammation ; Alopecia. 

( Disinfectant ; Deodorizing. No Ani- 
SuLPHUR Fumes. \ mal Life Ca?i Continue in Sul- 

( phurous Acid Gas, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Sulphur is especially adapted to people 
of either light or dark complexion, but 
especially to dark-complexioned people, and 
is one of our mainstays in the treatment of 
the negro. The skin is excessively sensi- 
tive, and most powerfully affected by 
changes of temperature. Scrofulous people 
that are full blooded, nervous, hasty in tem- 
per and motion; his hair is harsh and 

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346 SULPHUR. 

coarse; the skin readily breaks out with 
eruptions of various descriptions, from a 
simple erythema to a positive eczema; often 
an offensive odor is emitted from the body, 
and the patient walks rather stooped from 
weakness of the spine. 

2. Lean people who walk stooped, and 
are filthy from dirt, with congestion of 
blood to single parts. Children who are 
much emaciated, with big bellies; cannot 
bear to be bathed, as it aggravates their 
complaints; cannot bear to be covered, and 
kick off the clothes; all the secretions acrid 
and excoriating. 

3. Scrofulous chronic diseases that have 
been caused by some eruptive disease re- 
pelled from the surface; seem to get almost 
well, when they return again and again. 
They are apt to be dirty, filthy people, full 
of ulcers. 

4. Standing aggravates; walks stooping, 
like an old man, and most of the symptoms 
are on the left side. 

5. The most characteristic and ever-pres- 
ent symptom is, constant heat on the top of 
the head, and of the palms of the hands, and 



SULPHUR. 347 

the soles of the feet; has to be constantly 
putting; the feet out of the bed to get them 
cool. 

6. Feels suffocated; wants the windows 
and doors open. 

7. Frequent hot flashes, with faintness, 
followed by perspiration and much debility. 

8. Very weak and faint at 11 a. m.; great 
feeling of goneness at the pit of the stomach; 
cannot wait for dinner. 

g. Great irritability and melancholia, with 
congestion of blood to the head, and pulsat- 
ing headache. 

10. All discharges are burning and acrid, 
be they from the ears, eyes, nose, kidneys, 
bowels, or vagina; the diarrhoea burns, the 
urine burns; all the secretions burn and 
excoriate the parts over which they pass. 
This is Sulphur's greatest characteristic. 

11. The patient sleeps in "cat-naps," the 
slightest noise awakens, and there is great 
difficulty in getting to sleep again. 

12. Chronic otorrhoea, discharges very 
excoriating. 

13. Remedy par excellence for chronic 
pustular inflammation of the conjunctiva 



348 SULPHUR. 

and cornea, with sharp, sticking, shooting" 
pains, the discharges being very acrid and 
excoriating; aggravated by bathing the eye, 
and going into the open air. 

14. Sour, clammy taste; milk disagrees. 

15. Child is voracious; wishes to put into 
his mouth everything it sees. 

16. Diphtheria. The insufflation of the 
flowers of Sulphur has proved of great value 
in many cases. 

17. Abdominal plethora, with obstinate 
constipation; the stools are hard, dark, and 
dry, and are expelled with great straining, 
even to such an extent that blood is dis- 
charged; with much itching and burning of 
the anus. 

18. Extreme constipation; the first effort 
to stool is very painful, often compelling the 
patient to desist; unsatisfactory and scanty 
stool, voided every two or four days; after 
stool, sensation as if something remained; 
stool hard and dry, as if burnt, from dryness 
of the mucous membrane of the rectum. 

19. Diarrhoea in the morning, driving the 
patient out of bed; has hardly time to keep 
from soiling himself; thin, watery diarrhoea. 



SULPHUR. 349 

so acid as to produce great excoriation. 
No drug- has such acid, excoriating stools 
as Sulphur. 

20. Piles, either blind or bleeding; the 
blood is dark, with great bearing-down 
pains in the small of the back toward the 
anus; burning and intolerable itching of the 
anus at night; the patient cannot sleep the 
itching is so great. 

21. Ascarides; excellent to eradicate 
them. 

22. Acrid, excoriating leucorrhoea. 

23. Menses too early, too profuse, last too 
long, and are very excoriating. 

24. Chronic gonorrhoea; discharges white 
or yellow, and very acrid. 

25. Weak sexual desire; or complete loss 
of sexual feeling; impotence in both sexes. 

26. Much rattling of mucus in the lungs; 
catarrhal symptoms get worse and worse, 
with loose cough; feels suffocated, and 
wants the doors and windows open. 

27. Plastic pleurisy, with copious serous 
exudations. Best known remedy. 

28. Pneumonia, where there is no ten- 
dency to recuperation and resolution; the 



350 SULPHUR. 

lung's tend to break down; rales all over the 
chest; muco-purulent expectoration; hectic 
fever; all symptoms much worse at night. 

29. Brilliant results are obtained in 
chronic bronchitis, if the mucus is secreted 
in large quantities, or is very tenacious, and 
the symptoms point to a decided thickening 
of the mucous membrane, with excessive 
sensitiveness of the skin, so that every 
trifling change of temperature causes an 
exacerbation, and even if the patient re- 
mains in his room, he is still powerfully 
affected by changes in the weather. 

30. Rheumatism; second stage; articular 
form, where deposits are to be removed, and 
where the feet in particular are very stiff; 
heat in the soles of the feet, or cold feet 
with burning soles; wishes to find a cool 
place for them; constantly puts them out of 
bed to cool them off. 

31. Itch; the eruption is vesicular or pus- 
tular; much worse at night; warmth of bed 
greatly aggravates the itching. (It should 
be used internally and locally.) 

32. Scrofulous people who are frequently 
troubled with boils, nettle-rash, and all 



SULPHUR. 351 

kinds of skin diseases, where every little 
scratch has a tendency to fester; excessive 
sensitiveness of the skin; patient powerfully 
affected by changes of temperature, which 
aggravate all symptoms. 

33. The itching is increased by scratching, 
between the fingers, on the palms of the 
hands; obliged to rub them, which causes 
great burning, especially at night. 

34. Soreness in the folds of the skin, and 
all the outlets of the body are very red and 
sore. 

35. Rhagades after washing; hangnails; 
child detests water, and cannot bear to be 
washed. 

36. Profuse sour-smelling night sweats; 
perspires from the least exertion; very dis- 
gusting sweats in the axillae. 

37. Chills and fever, the chills predomi- 
nating; an excellent remedy in chronic cases 
of ague; spleen enlarged. 

38. When carefully selected remedies 
have failed to produce a favorable effect, 
especially in acute diseases, one dose of Sul- 
phur high will frequently serve to rouse the 
reactive power of the system, so that the 



352 SYZYGIUM JAMBOLANUM. 

true remedy will have the desired effect. 
Sulphur gives satisfaction from the crude 
drug up to the one thousandth potency; but 
the first six potencies are the most useful. 

39. Aggravation: From warmth of bed; 
at night; during rest; from standing; from 
washing or bathing, or wet poultices; in a 
warm room; open, cold, damp air; from 
exertion; and especially from changes in 
temperature. 

40. Amelioration: By warm, dry weather; 
by heat; during the day; drawing the 
affected limb up, and by scratching and 
rubbing the skin. 

SYZYGIUM JAMBOLANUM. 

JAMBUL. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Jambul 
has three special centers of action : 

Vaso-Motor Cen. Greatly Stim.j Nutrition Increa''d. 
Digestive Organs. Sti?nulated. 

( Renal Arteries Greatly Sti?nulated. 
' 1 Density and Quantity of Urine Di7ninished. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Its great use centers in diabetes. In 
this disease, it is the most useful remedy we 



SYZYGIUM JAMBOLANUM. 353 

have, but its clinical indications are not yet 
fully known. Through its action on the 
great sympathetic and vaso-motor nerve- 
centers, there is at once a great improve- 
ment of nutrition, emaciation is arrested, 
and in some cases the patients have gained 
forty pounds of flesh. The density and 
quantity of urine voided is greatly reduced, 
the specific gravity falling from 1040 to 1020, 
and the intolerable thirst disappearing. 
The sugar disappears entirely, or is greatly 
reduced. In some cases a cure has been 
effected where the urine contained forty 
grains of sugar to the ounce. In one case 
seven and one-half quarts of urine was 
voided in twenty-four hours, and in one 
month the quantity was reduced to two 
quarts. It seems to me to do better in 
chronic cases in people who have passed the 
age of thirty years. Its action in young 
children does not seem so marked. (Dose 
from two to five grains of the powdered 
seeds ter in die.) 

2. Its inhibitory influence upon the action 
of diastatic ferments outside of the body is 
very marked. A given amount of malt 

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354 TARANTULA HISPANA. 

extract converted 22.4 §:rains of starch imo 
sugar in the absence of Jambul, but only 6.3 
grains in its presence. 

3. Old ulcers of the skin are healed with 
great rapidity under its action. Probably 
of a diabetic foundation. (No case of 
diabetes should be treated without the aid 
of thorough orijicial surgery, removing all 
sexual and rectal irritation.) 



TARANTULA HISPANA. 

A VENOMOUS TROPICAL SPIDER. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Tarantula 
has four special ceiiters of action : 

Cerebro-Spinal System. Chorea; Hypercesthesia. 
CiRC. (Heart, Arteries.) Contraction of Vessels. 
Generative Organs. (Women.) Neuralgia. 
Blood. Toxcemia ; Anthrax ; Gaiigrene. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially useful in malignant ulcers, 
anthrax, and gangrene, where the whole 
nervous system is profoundly prostrated, 
with much restlessness and nervous excite- 
ment. 



TARANTULA HISPANA. 355 

2. Diphtheria, malignant type; throat 
much inflamed; deposit dark colored; 
breath very fetid; gums bleed; glands much 
swollen; low, septic fever, with profound 
prostration. 

3. Toxaemic fevers of a typhoid form, 
with much chilliness, the chilliness pre- 
dominating; great weakness; restlessness; 
the limbs seem paralyzed; great thirst; 
anguish; nausea and vomiting; abdomen 
tympanitic; stools profuse, dark, and fetid, 
often bloody. 

4. Choreiform affections, where the right 
arm and left leg are principally affected; 
constant movement of the legs, arms, and 
trunk; inability to do anything; preceded 
by malaise and oppression; the least excite- 
ment irritates. 

5. Excessive hyperaesthesia; slight touch 
along the spine produces spasmodic pains 
in the chest, and indescribable distress in 
the cardiac region. 

6. Neuralgia of the uterus, with hysterical 
nervous excitement. 

7. Menses too early and too profuse; 
restlessness and hysteria, 



356 TEREBINTHINA. 

8. Aggravation: Morning and night, and 
by touch. 

9. Amehoration: In open air, and during 
motion. 



TEREBINTHINA. 

TURPENTINE. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Turpen- 
tine has eight special centers of action : 

Kidneys. Cong.; Injlain,; HcEinaturia ; Albuminuria, 

Intestines. Mucous Enteritis ; Uemorr.y' Tympanitis, 

Blood. Sepsis ; Copious Hemorrhages, 

Heart. Blood-Pressure Lowered. 

Vaso-Motor Sys. Stimulated; Large Doses Paralyze. 

^ ^ ^ ( Toxcemic Fevers ; Insensi- 

Cerebro-opinal System.^ ..,., _, , \. 

{ btUty ; Prostration, 

Air-Passages. Bronchitis ; Mucorrhoea, 

Skin. Vesicular Erysipelas, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in nephritis, cystitis, 
urethritis, strangury, tenesmus of the blad- 
der, and albuminuria. 

2. Albuminuria, sub-acute or chronic 
form, where, with the albumen, blood is 
found in the urine. If there is no blood in 
the urine, Terebinth will fail. 



TEREBINTHINA. 357 

3. Burning, drawing- pains in the kidneys, 
with bloody urine; the blood is thoroughly 
mixed with the urine, like coffee-ground 
sediment. 

4. Urine scanty and bloody; most dis- 
tressing strangury, with great loss of blood; 
soreness of the bladder, and pains in the 
region of the kidneys. 

5. Puerperal metritis, and peritonitis, with 
burning and bearing-down in the uterus; 
excessive tympanitis; muttering delirium, 
and great prostration. 

6. Tongue red, smooth, and glossy; 
stomatitis materna, the inflammation often 
extending from the mouth to the anus, 
burning like fire, with great prostration; 
entero-colitis. 

7. Gastro-enteritis, with intense burning 
in the stomach; nausea and vomiting of 
mucus, bile, or blood; copious hemorrhages. 

8. Meteorismus, with enormous distention 
from gas; in septic fevers. 

Q. Entero-colitis, and typhoid fever, with 
hemorrhages and ulceration of the bowels; 
stools of mucus and water, or dark-colored 
blood; pulse very weak. 



358 terebinthinA. 

10. Chronic diarrhoea; great prostration, 
with violent burning in the rectum and anus 
after stool; worse mornings. 

11. Capillary bronchitis, and haemoptysis; 
breathing very much oppressed, and burn- 
ing in the chest; mucous membranes dry. 

12. Intense neuralgia in the lower limbs; 
worse in damp weather. 

13. Corns. (Applied locally every night, 
will cure in one week.) 

14. Aggravation: Morning and evenings; 
when lying down; especially in damp, rainy 
weather. 

15. Amelioration: Motion; during the 
day, and dry weather. 



THUJA OCCIDENTALIS. 

ARBOR VIT^. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, Thuja 
has seven S'pecial centers of action : 

Skin. Fig- Warts ^ Condylojnata y Tubercles j Sycosis. 

{ Acrid Secretions ; Corroding; 
Mucous Membranes. J ,^, r^ , . - 

\ Ulcers j Poly f I. 

^ ^-r . ( Chronic Jylennorrhoea^ 

Sexual Organs. (Male.) ^ ^ , ,.,. ^ 

^ ^ ( Prostatitis ; Sycosis. 

^ ^ ^ ^ ( Delayed JMenses ; Leucor- 

Sexual Org. (rEMALE.)J / ^ 

^ ' ( r/icea^ Ovaritis. 

Urinary Org Diuresis ; Sphincter Vesicce Paralyzed. 

Blood. Acridity ; Dissolutio7i. 

Lymphatic Glands. Acid., Perverted Secretions. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially adapted to diseases of the 
genito-urinary organs, anus, and skin, where 
the hydrogenoid constitution predominates, 
which possesses an increased capacity to 
contain water; hence rain, cold, damp 
w^eather, baths, and food that increases the 
number of molecules of water in the system, 
ag-gravate the symptoms. 

2. It is our great antidote to diseases of a 
sycotic origin, which produce warts, condy- 
lomata, and cauliflower excrescences on the 

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360 THUJA OCCIDENTALIS. 

mucous membranes of the genito-urinary 
organs, anus, and skin. 

3. The vagina is filled with warty ex- 
crescences, with great burning and smarting 
pains, and is so sensitive that an embrace is 
intolerable. 

4. Profuse mucous leucorrhoea, very acrid, 
with long, thin warts or fig-warts on the 
vulva. 

5. Ulceration of the womb, vulva, and 
perinaeum, with green or bloody leucor- 
rhoea, and cramp-like pains in the vagina 
when rising from a seat, extending into the 
abdomen. 

6. Ovaritis, especially left side; severe 
burning pain; aggravated during menstru- 
ation; by walking; riding; must lie down 
to get relief. 

7. Menses too late and too scanty. 

8. Polypus of the uterus and vagina; 
granulations and fleshy excrescences grow- 
ing from the mucous membrane of the 
uterus, soft and spongy, jutting out like 
warts, but easily detached, associated with 
frequent and long-continued hemorrhages, 
in fleshy, flabby women. 



THUJA OCCIDENTALIS. 361 

9. Uterine cancer based on syphilitic con- 
stitution; the cauHflower excrescences bleed 
easily and emit a foul odor. 

10. Frequent abortions; labor-pains very 
feeble; motion of the child causes cutting 
pains in the bladder, with urging to urinate. 

11. Sexual power extremely elated or 
depressed; irresistible desire for mastur- 
bation, and she gives herself up to the vice, 
even during sleep; chronic impotence. 

12. Of great value in sub-acute and 
chronic cases of gonorrhoea, especially when 
injections have been used, and the prostate 
IS involved; burning during and between 
acts of urination; red, smooth excrescences 
on the glans penis; fig-warts and condy- 
lomata all over the sexual organs of both 
sexes, that exude a glutinous, foul-smelling 
matter; mucous tubercles in the urethra; 
proliferating syphilis; thin green discharge^ 
especially in women, with great psychical 
depression. 

13. Idiopathic condylomata, mucous tu- 
bercles, and sycotic excrescences, especially 
the humid form; of little use for dry, fili- 
form fig-warts. 



362 THUJA OCCIDENTALiS. 

14. Ulcers on the prepuce and glans, 
growing above the skin, clean looking, but 
suppurating profusely; vegetating ulcers on 
the glans penis; deep, humid furrows, 
covered with pus; the discharges excoriate. 

15. Urine red, depositing a thick brick- 
dust sediment; cutting pains in the urethra 
during urination; incontinence of the urine 
from paralysis of the sphincter vesicae. 

16. Anus fissured, painful to touch; often 
with warts; sometimes immense numbers 
of these flat, moist tubercles or condylomata 
surround the anus, especially in syphilitic 
subjects. 

17. Painful contraction of the anus; un- 
able to void the constipated stool on account 
of the painful fissures of the anus; the suf- 
fering and pain in the anus are greatly in- 
creased during motion; the violent contrac- 
tive pain in the anus is followed by tearing 
pains in the bowels. Constipation is a 
marked symptom of this drug. 

18. Chronic diarrhoea traceable to vacci- 
nation, forcibly expelled like water from a 
bunghole; great thirst. 

19. Neuralgic headache in the occiput; 



THUJA OCCIDEXTALIS. 363 

extreme soreness, and screaming; cannot 
sleep nor chew; very despondent. 

20. Xasal catarrh, with quantities of thick 
green mucus, pus and blood; painful scabs 
in the nose; polypus of the nose. 

21. Loathing of life; ill humored and 
depressed; feels as though she could not 
exist any longer. 

22. Sensation as if the whole body were 
very thin and delicate, and could not resist 
the least attack; as if the continuity of the 
body would be dissolved. 

23. For styes and tarsal tumors, indura- 
tion of the eyelids, and especially for ver- 
rucae and tumors, it is very valuable. 

24. Old chronic catarrhal conjunctivitis, 
in which the granulations are large like 
warts or blisters, with burning in the lids; 
excessive photophobia; worse nights; syphi- 
litic iritis, staphyloma, episcleritis, sclero- 
choroiditis, and condylomata on the iris. 
(It is a grand remedy.) 

25. Bleeding fungous grow^ths; epithe- 
lioma; painful pemphigus; blood-boils on 
the back, and flat ulceration of the skin; 
hair thin, grows slowly, splits, and falls off. 



364 THUJA OCCIDENTALIS. 

26. Skin looks dirty; brown spots here 
and there, with white spots, especially in 
tertiary syphilis; oedema about the joints; 
in fleshy people, where chilliness predomi- 
nates; chilly from the least change of 
weather. 

27. In the treatment of variola of every 
degree, it aborts the pustules and prevents 
suppurative fever; is a grand prophylactic. 

28. Strong perspiration in the axillae, and 
of the feet, with brown spots on the arms 
and hands; skin of the hands dry; sweats 
only on uncovered spots. 

29. Sub-acute rheumatism, especially gon- 
orrhoeal, of the arms and legs, with a para- 
lyzed feeling of the limbs; drawing pains in 
the bones, as if the flesh were separated 
from the bones; boring in the joints; tin- 
gling in the fingers, as if they had gone to 
sleep; fingers red and swollen, with much 
cracking in the joints. 

30. Aggravation: During rest; from heat 
of bed; mornings; from narcotics, and 
especially from cold, damp air. 

31. Amelioration: In open air; from 
warmth, and warm, dry weather. 



TRILLIUM PENDULUM. 

BETH ROOT. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Trillium 
has tivo special centers of actio7i : 

Capillary Blood-Vessels. Relaxafiofz and Hemor?-. 
Mucous Mem. (Uterine.) Mzicorrhcea; Putrescence. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. It is especially useful in hemorrhages 
of the uterus and kidneys, either of an active 
or passive nature. Often better than Sa- 
bina, Secale or Hamamehs. 

2. Passive uterine hemorrhages, with 
occasional clots, and much fetor; associated 
with fainting, from great loss of blood. 

3. Profuse uterine hemorrhage, at the 
climacteric period, with prostration, vertigo, 
dimness of sight; palpitation of the heart, 
painful sense of sinking at the pit of the 
stomach, and pain in the small of the back. 

4. Menses too soon, last too long, followed 
by profuse leucorrhoea. 

5. Profuse, exhausting leucorrhoea, with 
anaemia; prolapsus of the uterus, and en- 
gorgement of the cervix. 

6. Fetid, long-lasting lochial discharges. 

365 



366 URANIUM. 

7. Hemorrhages from nearly all the 
mucous membranes, especially from the 
kidneys and nose. 

URANIUM. 

NITRATE OF URANIUM. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Uranium 
has^z^^ special ce?tters of action : 

„ ( Nausea. Vomitinfr ; Gastritis, 

Stomach.-^ -t-z • . tti .• 

( I hirst ; Ulceratioji. 

Duodenum, htflammation ^ Ulceration. 

Kidneys. Inflammation ; Albuminuria ; Glycostiria, 

Serous Mem. Inflammation; Dropsical Effusio7is. 

Cord. (Motor Tract.) Complete Aluscular Paral, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. It is especially useful in diabetes, ulcer- 
ation of the stomach and duodenum, and 
dropsical effusions. 

2. Diabetes, with great thirst; stomach 
very irritable; great emaciation, and pro- 
found debility; often found associated with 
diuresis. 

3. Incontinence of urine at night; burning 
in the urethra, with excoriation. 

4. Complete impotence, with nocturnal 
emissions. 



URANIUM. 367 

5. During- menstruation, has frequent hot 
flushes. 

6. Lacteal secretions greatly increased. 

7. Enormous appetite and thirst, with 
great emaciation and prostration. 

8. Great burning distress in the stomach, 
with vomiting- of food; ulceration of the 
stomach; much pain and flatulence. 

9. Enteritis and peritonitis, with meteor- 
ism; great prostration; peritonitis followed 
by copious effusion. 

10. Effusions of serum from all of the 
serous membranes, especially the pleura 
and peritoneum; great emaciation and pro- 
found debility. 

11. Bronchitis, with copious mucous ex- 
pectoration, and great emaciation and de- 
bility. 

12. Extreme debility runs through all the 
diseases calling for the use of Uranium 
nitricum. 



URTICA URENS. 

STINGING NETTLE. 

Through the posterior spinal cord, Urtica has four 
special centers of action : 

' Skin. CEdema/ Erysipelatous Infain.; Urticaria. 
Mucous Mem. Gastro-Intestinal Infainmation. 
Mammae. Increased Secretion of Milk. 
Vaso-Motor System. Stimulant. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Its great sphere of usefulness is found 
in urticaria, dropsical effusions, burns and 
scalds. 

2. Urticaria, where the skin becomes ele- 
vated, with a white central spot and a red 
areola, attended by stinging, burning pains; 
requires to be rubbed all the time; relieved 
by lying down, reappearing immediately 
after rising. 

3. The upper part of the body enormously 
swollen, pale, dropsical, and covered with 
small confluent, transparent vesicles filled 
with serum. 

4. Anasarca and dropsy following scarla- 
tina, where the kidneys are involved, with 
excessive oedema of the feet. 



369 

5- Extremely distressing burning heat 
and formication of the skin; the hands and 
fingers much swollen; erysipelatous inflam- 
mation. 

6. Enteritis, with stools of mucus and 
blood. 

7. Menorrhagia, and uterine hemorrhage. 

8. Acid leucorrhoea, very excoriating. 

9. Has often cured epistaxis, and haema- 
temesis. 

10. Insufficiency or entire absence of the 
secretion of milk. (Elegant remedy to in- 
crease the secretion of milk.) 



USTILAGO MAYDIS. 

SMUT-CORN. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Ustilago 
maydis has seven special center's of action : 

Circulation. Long-Lasting Artcr. Capil. Contrac'^n. 

Veins. Dilatation ^ Passive IIe?7zo?'rkages. 

Skin. Loss of Hair ^ Teeth^ and Nails. 

Glandular System. Congestion j Llypertj'opky. 

Sexual O., Male. Prostrafn; Lmpotcitce; Neuralgia. 

c^ r^ ^ \ Oxytocic ; Venous Hejnor- 

Sexual Organs, r eimale. \ , _ . , . 

( r/iages; Ovarialgia. 

AL vSystem. Congestion/ Paralysis. 
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370 USTILAGO MAYDIS. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Its great sphere of usefulness is found 
in female diseases where there is great 
relaxation and a general atonic condition of 
the genitalia. 

2. Menorrhagia and metrorrhagia from 
chronic uterine congestion; general atonic 
condition of the uterus; the blood is dark 
colored, and the hemorrhage is of a passive 
nature. Ustilago is pre-eminently the 
Ergot of chronic uterine hemorrhages and 
passive congestions, where for many days 
there has been a slow but persistent oozing 
of dark blood with small black coagulse; 
when the uterus is enlarged, the cervix 
tumefied, the os somewhat dilated, swollen, 
and flabby. 

3. Menorrhagia at the climacteric, from 
ovarian irritation; burning distress in the 
right ovary; flooding lasts for weeks; blood 
is dark colored, with many clots; vertigo, 
hot flashes, and a gone feeling in the epi- 
gastrium. 

4. Menstruation too frequent, too profuse, 
and lasts too long. 

5. Stippressio mensimn from ovarian 



USTILAGO MAYDIS. 37 1 

inertia; much pain in the ovarian region; 
llatulence, and great soreness of the bowels. 

6. Ovarian dysmenorrhoea, with severe 
pains in the ovaries, uterus, and back, every 
few minutes; spasmodic pain in the left 
ovary, which is very sore. 

7. Intermittent neuralgia of the left ovary, 
which is greatly enlarged and very tender. 

8. Between the menses, constant misery 
under the left breast. 

9. Neuralgia of the testicles; every five 
minutes sharp pains in the testicles that pro- 
duce faintness; constant aching in the right 
testicle for days. 

10. Profound prostration of the sexual 
organs; sexual dreams at night with emis- 
sions, followed by great sadness and mental 
prostration. 

11. Great mental depression, with con- 
gestion of blood to the head. 

12. The whole scalp is hot and dry, with 
loss of all the hair. 

13. Faint, gone feeling in the epigastrium. 

14. Constipation; stools dry and lumpy. 

15. The whole skin is dry, hot, and con- 
gested. 



372 VALE-RIANA. 

i6. Chronic urticaria, with much itching^; 
copper-colored spots on the skin; pustular 
ulceration; destruction of the nails. 

17. Agg^ravation: From motion. 

18. Amelioration: During rest. 



VALERIANA. 

VALERIANA OFFICINALIS. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Valeriana 
has six special ce?iters of action : 

Cerebro-Spin. S. Hysterical Uyperccsthesia; Spasms. 

Digestive Organs. Stiinulation. 

Kidneys. Diuretic. Urine Loaded with Phosphates. 

Eyes. Mydriasis ; Fieiy Flashes. 

Circulation. Excited; Temperature Elevated. 

^ -^ ( Aphrodisiac ; JSfeurasthe?iia. 

Sexual Org., \ emale. { tt . - 

( Hysteria. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Of great value in hysteria, with excess- 
ive nervous excitability; hysterical spasms; 
palpitation of the heart, and great fear. 

2. Nervous affections in excitable tem- 
peraments. In hypochondriasis it calms 
the nervousness, abates the excitement of 
the circulation, removes the wakefulness, 



VALERIANA. 373 

promotes sleep, and induces sensations of 
quietude and comfort. 

3. In globus, and nervous palpitation of 
the heart, with copious flow of nervous 
urine, we have no better remedy. 

4. A feeling- as if a thread was nanging 
down in the throat, with much tickling. 

5. Sensation as of something warm ris- 
ing in the throat, arresting breathing; the 
globus, or lump in the throat, is a constant 
symptom, that cannot be gotten rid of, and 
is a source of great trouble. 

6. All diseases where the hysterical ele- 
ment predominates; frequent faintness; 
dyspnoea; much despondency; great rest- 
lessness, with copious urination. (Valeri- 
ana, or the Valerianate of Zinc, will act at 
once. 

7. Aggravation: From evening till mid- 
night; after rest, as sleeping, and by 
standing. 

8. Amelioration: From motion; after mid- 
night, and from walking. 



VERATRUM ALBUM. 

WHITE HELLEBORE. 

Through tne cerebro-spinal nervous system, Veratrum 
album has Jive special centei-s of action: 



Mucous M. (Gastro-Intestinal.) Congest.; Inflam, 

j Violent Nausea and Vomiting. 

' \ Watety Diarrhoea. 

Heart. Blood-Pressure Lessened; Collapse and Death. 

Temperature. Greatly Lessened. 

Cerebro-Spinal Sys. ) ^ r^ , . 

,^r rr^ s \ 'Spasms: Paralysis. 

(Motor Tract.) ) 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

1. Especially useful in gastro-intestinal 
diseases, with sudden sinking- of innervation, 
causing loss of power to control one's move- 
ments; staggers about; feels dizzy; vision 
becomes obscure, and complete extinction 
of nervous power is going on at a fearful 
rate. 

2. Cold, collapsed face; pinched-up, blu- 
ish nose; dry and cracked lips; lockjaw; 
grating of the teeth, with cold sweat on the 
forehead. 

3. Copious vomiting, sweat, and diar- 
rhoea, and the cold sweat, the burning inter- 

374 



VERATRUM ALBUM. 375 

nally, and the coldness and blueness of the 
body are marked characteristics. 

4. Cold sweat on the forehead, with 
anguish and fear of death; wanders about 
the house; very taciturn; the headache 
causes wild delirium. 

5. Puerperal mania and convulsions, with 
violent cerebral congestion; bluish, bloated 
face; protruded eyes; wild shrieks; with 
disposition to tear and bite. 

6. Blood rushes violently to the head on 
stooping; headache, with vomiting of green 
mucus. 

7. While in bed, face is red; after getting 
up, it becomes pale; neck too weak to hold 
up the head; leaden color of face; frequent 
nausea and vomiting, with extreme ex- 
haustion. 

8. Tongue cold; voice feeble, in choleraic 
diseases; dry, blackish, cracked tongue; or 
yellow, with red tip and edges. 

9. Unquenchable desire for cold drinks; 
wants everything cold; throat is dry and 
burning. 

10. Craves fruits, juicy food, or salty 
jthings. 



376 VERATRUM ALBUM. 

11. Frequent nausea and vomiting-, with 
leaden color of the face, and cold perspira- 
tion, especially on the forehead. 

12. Motion, or the least quantity of liquid, 
excites nausea and violent vomiting. 

13. Violent and forcible vomiting- of food, 
g-reen mucus, or bile and blood, with contin- 
ued nausea, fainting, and great prostration. 

14. Burning" and oppression in the epigas- 
trium; violent gastralgia, with nausea and 
vomiting. 

15. Colicodynia, with sensation as if the 
bowels were tied up in knots; the suffering 
causes cold sweat on the forehead. 

16. Burning in the bowels, like hot coals 
of fire; much flatulence and tenderness of 
the abdomen. 

17. Very exhausting, copious involuntary 
watery diarrhoea, expelled with great force; 
weak and faint after each stool, with cold 
sweat on the forehead. 

18. Involuntary watery diarrhoea, without 
the patient's knowledge; hippocratic coun- 
tenance, and cold extremities. 

19. Urine red and scanty, often sup- 
pressed, in cholera. 



V'ERATRUM ALBUM. -^ll 

20. Cold breath, with great prostration. 

21. Spasmodic, loose cough; expectorates 
with great difficulty; capillary bronchitis; 
blue face; oedema of the lungs, and great 
fear of suffocation. 

22. Palpitation; anxiety; rapid respiration; 
great dyspnoea. 

23. Hands blue and icy cold; arms cold, 
and feel too full. 

24. Great weakness of the legs; calves 
cramp much; complete muscular prostra- 
tion. 

25. Skin is blue, purple, cold, wrinkled 
(cholera), with cold sweat. 

26. Fevers, with great coldness externally, 
and violent internal heat; pulse thread-like; 
great craving for cold drinks; chill and cold- 
ness predominate, with cold sweat on the 
forehead; associated with profound nervous 
prostration. 

27. Aggravation: After drinking, or eat- 
ing ice-cream; before and during stool; on 
rising; morning and evening. 

28. Amelioration: While sitting, and ly- 
ing down; in open air, and during the day. 



VERATRUM VIRIDE. 

GP.EEN HELLEBORE. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Veratrum 
Viride has sixtecfi special centers of actio7i : 

^ , . , ( Muscular Paralysis ; Loss of 

Cord. (Anterior.) \ -^ ^ , . -^ 

^ ' ( Rcjicx Act 1071. 

Cord. (Posterior.) Slight A^icesthesia ; Neuralgia. 

Vagi. Paralysis ; Death from Asphyxia. 

vStomach. Violent Emesis ; Hiccough j Injlainination. 

Liver. Throtigh Vagi, Increased Secretions; Injlarn. 

Intestines. VenoiLS Congestion ; Watery Z)iarrhaa. 

Kidneys. Slightly Diuretic; Uric uAcid Increased. 

r Inhih. Card. JVerves (7) Stimul..^ (2) Paral. 
Heart. < Ganglia Paralyzed; Blood- Pressure Low g^-ed. 

[ Pulsafn Lowered j^ ^o ^o; Greatly Weak''7i'd. 

TT AT ^T r^ ( Paralysis; Capilla- 

Vaso-Motor Nerve Centers. \ - r^.. , 

{ ries Dilated. 

Temperature. Greatly Lowered., 2 to ^ Degrees P. 

Skin. Diaphoresis ; Slightly A?iccsthetic ; Erythema. 

Eyes. Mydriasis from Paralysis of Third Nerve. 

Ears. Auditory Nerve Paralyzed. 

Lungs. Sthenic Co7?gestio?i; Infaminatio^i. 

Sexual Org., Female. Intense Acute Inflammation. 

Alucous Membranes. Catarrhal I)flajn7nation. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially useful in sudden acute con- 
gestions of the brain, lungs, stomach, liver, 
and female genitalia. Where there is great 
arterial excitement; pulse rapid and full; 

378 



VERATRUM VIRIDE. 3*79 

often associated with perspiration, nausea, 
and vomiting. 

2. Intense cerebral congestion; feeling as 
though the head would burst open; with 
more or less nausea and vomiting. It is 
the most useful when the congestion arises 
from plethora, vascular irritation, coup de 
soldi, alcoholic stimulants, teething in chil- 
dren, or childbed fever. 

3. Cerebro-spinal meningitis, first stage; 
comes on with great suddenness; great 
cerebral congestion; nausea and vomiting; 
hard, slow, full pulse, and marked opis- 
thotonos. 

4. Dimness of vision from congestion of 
blood to the base of the brain; green and 
red circles around the candle. 

5. Paralysis of the eyelids; complete 
ptosis. 

6. Ringing in the ears, from congestion of 
blood to the head. 

7. Face flushed; or cold and bluish, cov- 
ered with cold sweat. 

8. Frequent and long-continued hiccough, 
with constant sensation as if a ball were 
rising in the oesophagus; acute inflammation 



380 VERATRUAI VlRIDE. 

of the whole length of the oesophagus, with 
constant hiccough; nausea and violent 
vomiting. 

9. Nausea and vomiting; violent and 
long-continued vomiting; vomiting from 
cerebral disease; vomiting of bile in bilious 
fevers, or eruptive diseases; vomiting of 
bile and blood; the empty, painful retching, 
with ejection of a little frothy mucus, or 
blood, with excessive thirst, is a marked 
symptom. 

10. Gastralgia and spasms of the stomach, 
with great thirst and violent vomiting. 

11. Acute hepatitis, with nausea and vio- 
lent vomiting of bile and mucus, with jaun- 
dice; hard, rapid pulse; high fever. 

12. Menstrual colic, with cerebral conges- 
tion; nausea and vomiting. (Give large 
doses.) 

13. Acute metritis and ovaritis, with high 
fever, full, bounding pulse, and delirium. 

14. Puerperal peritonitis, or metritis; high 
fever, and much gastric irritability; temper- 
ature 3 to 6 degrees F. above normal. 

15. Puerperal convulsions, with intense 
congestion of blood to the head; face blue 



VERATRUM VIRIDE. 381 

and livid; wild delirium, or profound coma; 
nausea and vomiting. (No remedy can 
equal this drug, if given in nauseating 
doses.) 

16. Pneumonia, sthenic form, during the 
first or congestive stage, with rapid, hard, 
full pulse; high temperature, in some cases, 
6 degrees F.; in some cases copious per- 
spiration; rapid respiration; often associ- 
ated with gastric irritability. (If Veratrum 
viride is given in large enough doses to first 
produce slight nausea, it will abort the 
great majority of cases, but it must be given 
in full doses.) 

17. Vesicular bronchitis, sthenic form, 
with high fever; full, bounding pulse; often 
with nausea and vomiting. (This remedy 
is of great utility.) 

18. Asthma, with severe congestion of the 
lungs; great difficulty in breathing; loose, 
rattling, wheezing cough; often nausea and 
vomiting. (Lethal doses, so as to produce 
nausea, will often do w^onders.) 

19. In carditis and pericarditis, with burn- 
ing distress in the cardiac region, great 
arterial excitement; the pulsations of the 



382 ZINCUM. 

heart are loud and strong. (Give large 
enough doses to bring the heart's action 
down, and the disease will soon be 
arrested.) 

20. Convulsions of all the limbs; trem- 
bling of the whole body; cramps in the legs 
and fingers. (Give full doses.) 

21. Aggra.vation: Morning and evening. 

22. Amelioration: Lying down, and bend- 
ing forward. 



ZINCUM. 

ZINC. 

Through the cerebro-spinal nervous system, Zinc has 
six special centers of action : 

Cerebro-Spixai. S. Tonic. Sensory and Motoi' Paral. 
Stomach. (^Sulphate.) Powerful Emetic. 
Intestines. Slozv Digestion j Platidcncy j Constipation, 
Blood. Hydrccmia y l'e?7o?is J-TemorrJiages ; Varices. 
Circulation. Vaso-AIotor Spasm ; Mal-N^utrition. 
Serous Mem. Inf animation; Dropsical Effusions, 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. Especially useful in cerebral exhaus- 
tion, with mental and physical depression, 



ZINCUM. 383 

from anaemia of the brain; complete neuras- 
thenia; softening of the brain, with impend- 
ing" paralysis. 

2. Cerebral depression; chronic head- 
aches; melancholia, and chronic atrophy of 
the brain in the insane. 

3. Cerebral affections connected with 
exanthemata, where the vis inedicatrix 
natitrcB is too weak to throw the poison to 
the surface. 

4. Child cries out during sleep; when 
awakened, expresses fear, and rolls its head 
from side to side. 

5. Violent vertigo, cannot stand up; more 
in the occiput, with nausea, faintness, and 
trembling of the hands. 

6. Chronic sick-headache; great weak- 
ness of sight; much pain in the back of the 
head. 

7. Spinal irritation; dull aching pain in 
the lumbar vertebrae, worse when sitting 
than when walking, with burning along the 
spine. 

8. Bitter taste, which seems to be in 
the fauces, and cannot get it out of the 
mouth. 



384 ZINCUM. 

9. Sudden oppression of the stomach, she 
has to loosen her clothes. 

10. Great greediness when eating; cannot 
cat fast enough, from canine hunger; flatu- 
lent colic. 

11. Terrible heartburn after taking sweet 
things; much nausea and vomiting, with 
fidgety feet. 

12. Distended abdomen, with dry, hard, 
insufficient stools; stools expelled with great 
difficulty. 

13. The flow of the menses always relieves 
all her sufferings, but they return again 
soon after the cessation of the menses. 

14. During the menses, heaviness of the 
limbs, with violent drawing around the 
knees, as if they would be twisted off. 

15. Menses too early; too profuse; lumps 
of coagulated blood pass away when 
walking. 

16. A constant distressing boring pain in 
the left ovarian region, only partially re- 
lieved by pressure, or during menstruation, 
but returning again soon after the flow. 

17. Strong sexual desire, with ulceration 
of the cervix, discharging blood and pus. 



ZINCUM. 385 

18. Mammae swollen, and sore to touch. 

19. Neuralgia of the testicles, with strong 
sexual desire or complete impotence; very 
nervous and fidgety feet. 

20. Violent dry, spasmodic cough; flatu- 
lent asthma. 

21. Burning in the chest; pain as if cut to 
pieces, with constriction of the chest; empty 
feeling behind the sternum. 

22. Violent palpitation of the heart, from 
indigestion. 

23. QEdema and general anasarca of the 
cellular tissue; dropsical effusions of all the 
serous cavities. 

24. Great weakness of the limbs; chronic 
neurasthenia; formication and cold feet; 
paralysis of the feet from spinal or chronic 
nervous disease, as softening of the brain, 
cerebral hemorrhage, etc. 

25. Sweaty feet; sore about the toes; fetid 
suppressed foot-sweat, with much nervous 
excitement. 

26. One of the most characteristic symp- 
toms of Zinc is an incessant, constant 
fidgety feeling of the lower extremities; 
must move the feet continually. 

25 



386 CASCARA SAGRADA. 

27. Ag-gravation: From wine; after din- 
ner; evenings; in bed, and indoors. 

28. Amelioration: In open air; while eat- 
ing, and from heat. 

CASCARA SAGRADA. 

RHAMNUS PURSHIANA. 

Through the great sympathetic nervous system, and 
especially the solar plexus, and nerve terminals of the 
bov^els, Cascara sagrada has Jive special centers of action : 

Stomach. (Gastric Glands.) Inci-eased Secretions. 
Pancreas. Secretion Greatly Increased. 
Liver. Active Cholagogne. Inci''' d B iliaiy Secretions. 
Kidneys. Diuretic. 

r Gla?idular Secretions Greatly Augmented; 
Intestinal 75 Mi^tiins.^ Tonic Laxative; 20 to 50 
Canal. ] j\Ii?ii?ns^ Cathartic. 

l-(Musc. CoAT.^ Increased Peristalsis. 

GRAND CHARACTERISTICS. 

I. In sub-acute and chronic constipation, 
where there is lack of the normal secretions, 
from atony of the liver and gastro-intestinal 
canal, the liver is stimulated, — through the 
action of this remedy on the solar plexus, 
and Meissner's ganglia, just under the 
mucous membrane of the intestinal tract, — 
and the capillaries and intestinal glands are 



CASCARA SAGRADA. 387 

flushed with blood, causing- great increase 
of their secretions, together with increased 
peristaltic action of the colon and rectum. 
In this way the normal action of the bowels 
is restored. It is claimed to cure eighty-six 
cases out of every hundred treated, if the 
drug is given in fifteen drop doses of the 
fluid extract ter die. Its effects are not seen 
at once, but its tonic action is well demon- 
strated in from four to seven days. 

2. In atonic dyspepsia, through its action 
on the solar plexus, stimulating the secre- 
tions of the liver, pancreas, and entire ali- 
mentary canal, the whole digestive system 
is toned up, especially the muscular coat of 
the stomach and bowels. Gastric head- 
aches; excessive despondency; broad, flabby 
tongue, with thick yellow fur; foul breath; 
cardialgia, with a feeling of faintness, and 
obstinate constipation. 

3. Haemorrhoids, with constipation, 
caused by portal congestion. As an hepatic 
stimulant it frees the ramifications of the 
vena portse, and in this way the hepatic en- 
gorgement is lessened, and the constipation 
and haemorrhoids are cured. 



388 2INCUM. 

4- In sub-acute and chronic rheumatism 
of the muscles and joints, associated with 
atonic dyspepsia, obstinate constipation and 
much debihty, Cascara has given good 
satisfaction. 



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INDEX 



Aconitum napellus 


7 


Cannabis sativa 


74 


vEsculus hippocastanum 


II 


Cantharides - - . 


75 


Aloes 


12 


Capsicum annuum - 


n 


Alumina 


13 


Carbo animalis 


78 


Ambra grisea 


14 


Carbo vegetabilis 


80 


Ammonium carbonicum 


15 


Cascara sagrada - 


386 


Amyl nitritum - 


17 


Caulophyllum thalictroides 


; 81 


Antimonium crudum 


18 


Chamomilla - - - 


82 


Antimonium tartaricum 


19 


Chimaphila umbellata 


84 


Antipyrine 


21 


Chloroformum 


85 


Antifebrin 


22 


Cimicifuga racemosa 


86 


Apis mellifica 


23 


Cina . - . - 


88 


Apocynum cannabinum 


25 


Cinchona - - - - 


90 


Argentum nitricum 


26 


Cinnamomum 


94 


Arnica montana - 


30 


Cocaine - . - - 


94 


Arsenicum album - 


32 


Cocculus Indicus - 


97 


Arum triphyllum 


37 


Coffea cruda . - - 


99 


Asafoetida 


38 


Colchicum 


102 


Aurum .... 


40 


Collinsonia Canadensis - 


104 


Acidum benzoicum 


41 


Colocynthis - 


106 


Acidum carbolicum - 


42 


Conium ... - 


108 


Acidum fluoricuni - 


44 


Copaiba 


III 


Acidum hydrocyanicum - 


45 


Corallium rubrum 


112 


Acidum muriaticum 


46 


Coto bark 


113 


Acidum nitricum 


48 


Crocus sativus - 


114 


Acidum phosphoricum - 


50 


Crotalus horridus - 


115 


Acidum salicylicum - 


51 


Croton tiglium - - - 


118 


Acidum sulphuricum 


52 


Cuprum 


120 


Baptisia - - - - 


54 


Digitalis purpurea - 


122 


Baryta carbonica - 


56 


Dulcamara - 


126 


Belladonna 


57 


Elaterium - - - - 


128 


Borax . - . . 


62 


Ether - - - - 


I2g 


Bryonia alba 


64 


Eucalyptus globulus 


130 


Cactus grandiflorus 


^1 


Euonymus - - - 


132 


Calcarea carbonica - 


68 


Eupatorium perforatum - 


133 


Calendula officinalis 


71 


Eupatorium purpureum 


135 


Camphora .... 


72 


Euphrasia 


136 



890 





INE 


)EX. 


391 


Ferrum - . - - 


137 


Opium 


- 255 


Gelsemium sempervirens 


140 


Ostrya Virginica - 


259 


Glonoine - - - - 


144 


Phosphorus 


- 260 


Graphites . - - 


146 


Phytolacca decandra - 


268 


Guaiacum - - - - 


149 


Pichi 


- 272 


Gummi guttse 


149 


Plantago major - 


273 


Hamamelis Virginica 


150 


Platina 


- 274 


Helleborus niger - 


152 


Podophyllum peltatum 


278 


Helonias dioica 


154 


Polyporus officinalis 


- 281 


Hepar sulphuris calcareum 155 


Psorinum 


283 


Hydrastis Canadensis 


158 


Pulsatilla nigricans - 


- 285 


Hoang-nan - 


160 


Rheum - - . . 


295 


Hyoscyamus niger - 


162 


Rhus toxicodendron 


- 296 


Hypericum perfoliatum 


164 


Robina pseudo-acacia - 


303 


Ignatia amara - 


166 


Rumex crispus 


- 305 


lodium - - - - 


169 


Sabal serrulata 


306 


lodoformum 


173 


Sabina 


- 308 


Ipecacuanha 


175 


Sambucus nigra - 


310 


Iris versicolor - 


178 


Sanguinaria Canadensis 


- 311 


Jaborandi 


180 


Secale cornutum - 


315 


Kah bichromicum - 


181 


Sepia 


- 318 


Kah bromidum 


184 


Silicea - - - . 


324 


Kali carbonicum 


188 


Sparteine - - . 


- 331 


Kali chloricum 


191 


Spigelia 


332 


Kali hydriodicum 


192 


Spongia ... 


- 334 


Kava kava - 


197 


Stannum 


336 


Kola nut - - - - 


199 


Stigmata maydis 


- 339 


Kreosotum - - - 


202 


Stramonium - 


340 


Lachesis - - - - 


205 


Sulphur - 


- 345 


Leptandra Virginica - 


211 


Syzygium jambolanum 


352 


Lilium tigrinum 


212 


Tarantula Hispana - 


- 354 


Lycopodium - 


214 


Terebinthina 


356 


Magnesia carbonica 


219 


Thuja occidentalis - 


- 359 


Magnesia muriatica 


220 


Trillium pendulum 


365 


Mercurius - 


222 


Uranium - 


- 366 


Millefolium - 


232 


Urtica urens - 


368 


Moschus - - - - 


234 


Ustilago maydis 


- 369 


Naphthalin - - - 


236 


Valeriana 


372 


Natrum muriaticum 


238 


Veratrum album 


- 374 


Nux moschata 


243 


Veratrum viride - 


378 


Nux vomica 


246 


Zincum - - - 


- 382 



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